"Since it debuted in late November, "Heated Rivalry," a six-episode series about two gay hockey players, has taken the world by storm."
"Of course, San Francisco doesn't actually have a major league hockey team. The squad in question appears to be a stand-in for the San Jose Sharks. Not dissimilarly from the Sharks, the San Francisco team are a perennial punching bag of the hockey world."
""I need to win. Here, at home, tonight. As much fun as it would be to go to California and humiliate them there," Rozanov yells. Harsh. "But I want to hear our fans. I want to hear them scream. I want to f-k San Francisco," Rozanov continues. "I know you can do it. I've seen you f-king do it. I've seen everyone of you do it. So leave it all the f-k out there tonight. Because this is our f-king night. This is our f-king Cup. F-king f-k San Francisco!""
Heated Rivalry is a six-episode HBO Max series about two gay hockey players that quickly became the platform's most popular show. The show uses a fictional San Francisco hockey team as the antagonist, appearing to stand in for the San Jose Sharks despite San Francisco lacking a major-league franchise. A profanity-laced pregame speech by Ilya Rozanov rallies his Boston Raiders and precedes the Cup victory. The series adapts Rachel Reid's Game Changers novels and features numerous clandestine bedroom scenes. The choice of San Francisco as the Bay Area representative remains unclear compared with the books' use of NHL cities.
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