The Sexy, Soaring, and Utterly Unstoppable Heated Rivalry | Unpublished
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The Sexy, Soaring, and Utterly Unstoppable Heated Rivalry

February 13, 2026
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Before the stars of Heated Rivalry were presenting at the Golden Globes, or posing at Paris Fashion Week, or carrying the Olympic Torch in Milan, the hockey smut sensation existed only as the brainchild of Haligonian Rachel Reid. The result was a six-book series, Game Changers, which Jacob Tierney (whose past credits include hockey classics Shoresy and Letterkenny) has turned into the juggernaut television series. The show, about two rival players turned lovers, “could only be made in Canada,” according to our prime minister, but has found a huge, insatiable audience beyond the country’s borders. Here’s how Heated Rivalry has captured a global imagination and fired up a thousand think pieces—including a few you may not have considered before. All while making Canada a whole lot sexier.

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