“ Heated Rivalry ” has been renewed for a second season.

The romantic drama series was created by Jacob Tierney for Crave , the Canadian streaming service owned by Bell Media, and was also released on HBO Max in the U.S. HBO Max will continue to license the series for its second season without producing.

Based on the Game Changers” book series by Rachel Reid, “Heated Rivalry” follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), who, per the official logline, “are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, the pair c

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