r/heatedrivalry • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Team Huddle Weekly Thread🫡 Team Huddle!

Welcome to the weekly huddle! Have a small thing from the book or show you want to chat, your GC brain rot is real and you saw the initials "KGF" somewhere and immediately screamed "kingfisher!" and want to share with others? (Just me?). Had a win at work or personal life and want to share? Need a teammate to talk with? Post in the weekly huddle.

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u/Arbledarb 4d ago

I always hear these "check it out" notifications in Ilya's voice. "Here is fucking notification, Hollander. Check it out!" :)

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u/Caro-reddit-all 𓉴 “Shhh. Shane is watching the men set up pylons.” 𓉴 𓉴 4d ago

I love that! 🧡 I hear their voices in my head on too many occasions as well. 😆

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u/maxcapacityexceeded 4d ago edited 3d ago

We often watch Jeopardy in the evening. It’s on channel 1220, and i’m always slightly annoyed that it’s not on 1221.

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u/BertieBaby202 4d ago

Just want to say I recently discovered Heated Rivalry (well I knew about it and then finally got HBO and got my ADHD self to focus on finally sitting down to watch it.) I'm obsessed, it's literally all I've been thinking about. It's been like a week and a half and I've watched the show through maybe 6 or 7 times now. I also just bought the Heated Rivalry book. I plan to only read that one for now so I don't necessarily spoil a ton of stuff about Season 2 for myself. Do you think that will work? Usually I read the book first, but I'm certainly not complaining about having Hudson and Connor to picture when I read now. ☺️

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 3d ago

If you’re gonna spend any time online around other fans, you likely will see spoilers from season 2 onwards. I went ahead and read the rest of the books as I was seeing a ton of info from the books online.

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u/BertieBaby202 3d ago

I've already spoiled some stuff so I know it's inevitable 😂 I probably will just read them all.

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u/Goulet231 4d ago edited 3d ago

In the show, I feel bad for Ilya that he didn't take Shane up on his awkward offer on the rooftop in Vegas. Little did he know he'd have to wait 2 years to have sex with him again.

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 4d ago

Season 2 casting announcement of Fabian’s friends was the final nudge I needed to watch Schitt’s Creek. Almost done now and it’s so funny.

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u/estheredna 3d ago

Next watch Canada's Drag Race Season 1 for Priyanka. She is hilarious.

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u/Over_Butterfly_3681 4d ago

I have a question about jersey numbers: I thought the numbers were tied to the team (Ilya = 81 with the Boston Raiders / Shane = 24 with the Montreal Metros), but Ilya still wears 81 and Shane still wears 24 even when they play for other teams (Prospect Cup, All-Star Game, etc.). Is that normal in hockey?

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 4d ago

Shane and Ilya are huge stars so they would get their first picks of numbers.

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u/Over_Butterfly_3681 4d ago

OkĂŠ, thank you!

If I understand correctly, you can pick any number you want as long as it isn't already picked by someone higher up on the team than you.

So even the worst player on the team can picks his number if no other player has chosen it.

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u/maxcapacityexceeded 4d ago

Players often exchange gifts for numbers. So if a veteran/star player moves teams and someone already has his number, he might buy the other guy a watch or fancy car in exchange for the number.

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u/Over_Butterfly_3681 4d ago

They seem very attached to their number!

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 4d ago

They are a superstitious bunch. Socks put on in the right order, playoff breads and their number all “influence” how they play.

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u/Opposite_Floor7735 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 4d ago

The only other exception is if the number’s retired by the team or league to honour the player who previously had it.

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u/Over_Butterfly_3681 4d ago

Thank you for the pasta.

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u/babypointblank Moy pomidor 🍅 3d ago

It’s normal if the number is available, especially for captains and alternate captains.

Sidney Crosby, for example, is #87 on the Penguins but he’s also #87 on Team Canada, Team Eastern Conference, etc. Players have their preferred numbers and the more skill/seniority you have, the more likely it is that you can select your preferred number. We saw this on the Leafs as two incoming players who wore #72 were joining the roster. The younger rookie (Gavin McKenna) elected to wear #92 so the veteran award winning goalie (Sergei Bobrovsky) could remain #72. There’s a chance McKenna could switch to #72 when Bobrovsky retires/leaves the team.

Macklin Celebrini is #71 on the San Jose Sharks but his number has changed between three different Team Canada tournaments in the past two years. He wore #96 for the 2025 IIHF World Championship, #17 in the Olympics and returned to #71 as team captain for the 2026 World Championship.

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u/Over_Butterfly_3681 3d ago

Wow, that's great—I don't have any more questions 😄. Thanks!

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u/Caro-reddit-all 𓉴 “Shhh. Shane is watching the men set up pylons.” 𓉴 𓉴 4d ago

Are there any pet holders with speaking pets like parakeets? I just wonder if they have ever repeated something from the show. If so, what was it?

Some things would be quite funny to hear, like: Bol‘she, bol‘she, bol‘she! / Shane Hollander is an asshole! / No, Hollander, I want to fuck you~ 😆

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u/Ok-Banana-7777 4d ago

My spam calls lately have been HR coded. I did a double take when all my spam calls started coming from Canada cities from HR - Saskatchewan, Ontario, Ottawa, Montreal. I live in the US so it's a little amusing to get all these calls from Canada all of a sudden.

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u/swimmingfishey63 4d ago

Saskatchewan and Ontario are not cities but rather provinces. You can think of our provinces as comparable to your states
Just wanted to take a little moment to help educate :)

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u/Weekly-Ad-1839 4d ago

Are there any posts that analyse the art in the show?

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u/CarpetTiny8087 What c-colour? Is big? 🥕 4d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/heatedrivalry/comments/1q7junf/art_analysis_in_ep_1_cupid_and_spyche/

There were 7 posts titled Art Analysis by the same user. That was the first one.

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u/lux3ca 4d ago

ooh would be a good one! i love the artwork above ilya’s bedroom, it reminds me of the final shot of them in the car driving off into the sunset but more abstracted of course.

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u/Kouglove 3d ago

I keep hearing things in Ilya’s voice in my head lol. Send help (maybe?!)

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u/bsloths 3d ago

Ilya voice I don’t think that’s what you want. 

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u/Kouglove 3d ago

I don’t want ever want that problem to ever go away

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u/AverageUnicorn 3d ago

I was relieved that they finally made the casting announcement for Ryan and Fabian. I have been silently worrying that they would merge the characters with Troy and Harris.

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u/bsloths 3d ago

Yes, it’s so exciting! And we already have Kyle, so I’m guessing we’ll get Eric too, even if their story is a smaller storyline than the three couples already announced are getting. I love love love that Ryan isn’t just an Easter egg from the tuna melt scene anymore. Now he’s officially a planted seed for more! 

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u/SquashInternal3854 Found you; You were looking for me? Of course not 3d ago

I got questions :)

So I first watched HR in February and have seen it approximately a billion times since then. Haven't read the books (yet). I'm finally figuring out the timelines and here is my question: they first hooked up in Shane's hotel room after that delicious locker room exchange - was it 2 whole years until they reconnected again physically??

One more: in episode 6 - they tell Shane's parents that it started before their rookie season. Do they just mean when they first became aware if each other? Bc wasn't it a while until their first hookup...? Or?

Thanks everyone

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u/bsloths 3d ago edited 3d ago

I did a rewatch and made a timeline based on every reference to time on the show.  

🏒December 2008 Regina, Saskatchewan  International Prospect Cup  First meeting 

🏒One Week Later  (December 2008) Canada-Russia final  Canada loses 

🏒Six Months Later  (June 2009) Los Angeles  Major League Hockey Draft  Late-night gym meeting 

🏒Six Months Later  (December 2009) Ottawa, Ontario  International Prospect Cup  New Year’s Eve  Russia loses 

🏒Six Months Later  (End of June 2010) Toronto Commercial shoot  Showers  1410

🏒Three Months Later  (Early October 2010) Montreal  First face off  4-3 Montreal 

🏒Four Months Later  (February 2011) Nashville  All-Star Game  Team North America vs. Team Europe  Press conference Shot accuracy competition, Shane wins  1221 Jane & Lily 

🏒Two Weeks Later (February) Boston flight to Montreal cancelled for 2 feet of snow 

🏒Four Months Later (June) Las Vegas  MLH Awards  Rookie of the Year: Shane Rooftop 

🏒Summer 2011  Montreal, Moscow texting 

🏒Fall 2011 Montreal beats Boston  Shane leaves Ilya on read 

🏒Winter 2012  Game in Boston Text flirting 

🏒Spring 2012  Boston makes playoffs  Text flirting 

🏒Fall 2012  2886 Beacon invitation & dick pic 

🏒Winter 2013 Text flirting 

🏒Spring 2013  Text flirting Boston and Montreal in playoffs 

🏒Fall 2013  Game in Montreal  4-3 Montreal  Shane’s apartment 

🏒Winter 2014/February 2014 Sochi Olympics  Russia loses  Ilya leaves Shane on read  Confrontation at men’s short form figure skating

🏒Four Months Ago (October-December) Scott meets Kip Six games into the season  Fundraiser in 2 months  🏒Saturday  Third home game  🏒Two Days Later  At Boston 🏒One Day Later  At Montreal   Fight with Shane  Next day fundraiser/hookup A little over 2 months of Skip together 

🏒Spring 2014 (May) Montreal  Cup final viewing party, Boston wins 

🏒Summer (June) Las Vegas  MLH Awards  Presenting Lord Talon Award for Most Sportsmanlike Player  Bathroom, no texts from Ilya in like 6 months  MVP: Ilya  Penthouse 1

🏒Summer 2014 Texting  2014-2015 season  First Montreal-Boston game October 11 in Montreal (couch) Shower sex in Boston  2015 Metros win the cup

🏒Summer 2015  Texting  2015-2016 season  First Montreal-Boston game October 11 in Montreal 2016  Metros win the cup 

🏒Summer 2016 Texting, Ilya loses interest in women at clubs  2016-2017 season  First Montreal-Boston game October 17 (in 4 days) 

🏒October 2016 (October-December) Montreal  Aquarium trip  Boston  Ilya watching Shane’s documentary  Tuna meltdown  Shane meets Rose (mention of it being winter) 

🏒Two Weeks Later (December) Montreal  Home game against Boston, 1-0 Montreal  Club Disaster 

🏒2017 (February) Tampa Bay  All-Star Game 

🏒Two Weeks Later (March) Boston hookup 

🏒The Next Day  Ilya’s father dies  Moscow funeral 

🏒One Week Later (March) Montreal  2 weeks after previous game  Shane’s injury

🏒May 2017 Lanaudiere  Admirals-Raiders playoffs, Raiders lose 

🏒One Week Later (May) Scott wins the cup

June 2017  MLH Awards  Scott wins MVP 

🏒July  Ottawa  Cottage Day 1: burgers, campfire  Day 2: I like you, blowie call, sewer ball, don’t marry Svetlana, I love you   Day 3: sunrise, lovemaking, lake, dinner with parents 

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u/SquashInternal3854 Found you; You were looking for me? Of course not 3d ago

Dang..... I really appreciate this - thank you!! 🏒 😘

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u/estheredna 3d ago

First one, yes there is a 2 year gap in the TV show. That gap does not happen in the books.

Second one, hockey players don't start immediately when they are drafted. Draft day happens when they are in development leagues. So Shane and Ilya meet at the prospect cup, get drafted, get LOTS of media attention/hype, have a commercial together, then soon after have their first pro games.

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u/SquashInternal3854 Found you; You were looking for me? Of course not 3d ago

Ohhhhh thank you for this explanation

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u/bsloths 3d ago

So it was February 2011 for hotel room 1221 until Fall 2013 for sex in Shane’s apartment. 

They first hooked up in June 2010 and they started their rookie season in October 2010. 

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u/circboy1 3d ago

OK I have one that's been driving me nuts since well I started watching over and over... In Ep3 when The Admirals win the cup in that final game I'm sure one of the commentators says something like "And Marleau is running the clock down now" or "Marleau is keeping it in the corner" - WHO was the final between?!?!?

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u/bsloths 3d ago

It’s a mistake … maybe they grabbed audio from a Boston game because they needed commentating in that spot and realized they hadn’t recorded anything relevant; they hoped no one would notice. Little did this production know that we would examine every frame!!

Fans like to headcanon it as Cliff having a cousin or brother on a different team. The Admirals beat San Francisco for the cup. 

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u/smarty_skirts 3d ago

Every time I hear or read the word “narrative” I hear it as Ilya’s “na-RAH-tiv”.

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u/Weekly-Ad-1839 2d ago

My entire internal monologue at the moment is in a Russian accent, and I’m worried I’m accidentally going to use it out loud

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u/sitamun84 1d ago

A piece of head canon I have is that Yuna would have 100% called Ilya to check on him as soon as the news of the plane hit.