Heated Rivalry stars named Olympic torchbearers for Milano-Cortina Winter Games

The stars of the favored Canadian hockey drama Heated Rivalry are headed to the Olympics.

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will likely be among the many torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Games in February.

Williams performs Shane Hollander and Storrie performs Ilya Rozanov within the Crave-produced present. Williams is from Kelowna, B.C., and Storrie is American.

Hollander and Rozanov are two of the most effective hockey gamers on the planet and rivals on the ice who wrestle to comprise their emotions for one another off it.

Heated Rivalry will begin airing in Italy on Feb. 1 on HBO Max, which can be one of many official Olympic rights holders for the Milan Cortina Games. Viewers in Canada can proceed to observe it on Crave.

There are 16 extra days left within the torch’s journey to the Olympic opening ceremony on Feb. 6.

Heated Rivalry has already been renewed for a second season after its runaway success on streaming platforms in Canada and the United States.

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The six-episode collection relies on a homosexual hockey romance collection known as Game Changers by Canadian creator Rachel Reid. The display screen adaptation was written by Canadian Jacob Tierney for Crave.

Tierney is the co-writer, director, and government producer of the sitcom Letterkenny and an government producer and director on the hockey comedy Shoresy.