Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams reunited on stage at Saturday Night Live.
Connor Storie was hosting and it wasn’t clear Hudson Williams would be joining him until a skit on the 30 Rock skating rink.
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Then the duo introduced the night’s musical act Mumford & Sons.
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In his opening monologue, Connor Storrie invited stars from the men’s AND women’s gold-medal-winning U.S. hockey teams — Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes from the men’s team and Hilary Knight and Megan Keller from the women’s ’team.
What is Heated Rivalry?
Since premiering on HBO during American Thanksgiving, the Crave original series about the rivalry between two closeted professional hockey players on the ice and their torrid love affair off it, has captured the zeitgeist and made celebrities of actors Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie.
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams present an award at the Golden Globes.
What happened in season one of Heated Rivalry?
We learned that Canadian :Montreal Metros player Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams)and Russian Boston Raiders player Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) have hidden their sexual relationship since their rookie days in the fictional MLH (Major League Hockey).
By the season finale, they have taken some steps out of he closet — inspired by the New York Admirals Captain Scott Hunter (François Arnaud), who comes out as openly gay when he kisses his boyfriend Kip Grady (Robbie G.K.) on the ice after winning the MLH championship.
Ilya agrees to join Shane for a few weeks at his cottage to try to plan a future together. But when Shane’s Dad surprises them in an intimate moment and rushes out, Shane panics. Ilya calms him down and suggests it’s time for Shane to come out to both his parents– which he does with Ilya by his side.
What’s ahead in season 2?:
We’re following Shane and Ilya. That’s not gonna be a shock — Heated Rivalry writer/director Jacob Tierney told Entertainment Weekly about season 2.
Jacob Tierney drew from the first and second Game Changers novels for season one. The first novel Game Changer tells the Scott and Kip story and the second novel Heated Rivalry follows Shane and Ilya from their first meeting at a Canada vs Russia game before they were both drafted into the MLH..
It’s not until the sixth novel The Long Game that the book series catches up with Shane and Ilya again– Shane is still playing for the Montreal Metros and Ilya is now playing for Ottawa but their relationship remains a secret.
Start reading The Long Game if you want to spoil it for yourself– Mark Storrie on Instagram.
But Jacob Tierney may not want to follow the course of The Long Game exactly — he may want to draw out Shane and Ilya’s secret relationship even longer or take it public sooner. He could also choose to bring in other characters from the book series to extend the narrative.
Heated Rivalry Season 2;
Ontario and Quebec filming dates:
Writer/Director Jacob Tierney.
Cast: Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, Robbie G.K., Francois Arnaud, Christina Chang, Dylan Walsh, Callan Potter, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Yaroslav Poverlo, Slavic Rogozine, Benjamin Roy.
Producers: Accent Aigu Entertainment, , Bell Media Studios.
Location of Shane’s Cottage:
Shane’s cottage in the season finale is played by Barlochan Cottage, a glass box with timber and granite in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario.
