It looks like Vancouver is getting another hockey romance.
Netflix is the latest streamer to skate into the hot, hot genre with new series Icebreaker expected to shootf in Vancouver this Fall.
Like the breakout hits Off Campus (filmed in Vancouver) and Heated Rivalry (filmed in Toronto), Icebreaker will be a screen adaption of a popular novel –the first of three in Hannah Grace’s Maple Hill series, set at the fictional University of California, Maple Hills (UCMH).
She’s the transfer gunning for Olympic gold in figure skating.. He’s the campus star chasing the NHL. But when an accident forces their teams to share one rink, Anastasia Allen and Nate Hawkins collide — and discipline gives way to obsession, because the only thing more dangerous than wanting to win is wanting each other.
The series adaption comes from Alex Cooper’s Unwell Productions and the showrunner is Amanda Lasher.
Longer synopsis:
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills and lands a place on their competitive figure skating team. Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.
Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him. But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot. Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried…because she could never like a hockey player, right?
Icebreaker – Season One.
Vancouver filming dates: September 2026 –
Showrunners: Amanda Lasher, Jade Bartlett.
Cast:
Producers: Unwell Productions, Biscuit Belly Productions, Netflix.