Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) in 'Heated Rivalry' Sabrina Lantos/HBO

If your social media algorithm hasn’t yet been overrun with memes and hot takes on HBO Max’s TV series about two rival male hockey players embroiled in a romance, we’re just very different people.

But that’s okay. Because the premise of “Heated Rivalry” tells us that even two people from extremely different backgrounds who have two very different ways of navigating the world can find common ground. In the series, adapted from novels by Rachel Reid, that common ground happens to be very good sex.

The people having that sex are fictional Major League Hockey players Shane Hollander (played by Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (played by Connor Storrie). On the show, they’re both big

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