{"id":477454,"date":"2026-06-01T12:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477454\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:46:07","slug":"heated-rivalry-shatters-record-with-16-wins-at-2026-canadian-screen-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477454\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Heated Rivalry’ shatters record with 16 wins at 2026 Canadian Screen Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Heated‘Heated Rivalry’ shatters record with 16 wins at 2026 Canadian Screen Awards<\/p>\n

Heated Rivalry made history at the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards with a record-breaking victory. <\/p>\n

The popular Crave series lead the pack, taking home 16 trophies, including the major titles of the night. <\/p>\n

The hockey romance adapted from Rachel Reid’s novels turned 16 of 18 nominations into major wins, including Best Drama Series.<\/p>\n

Nominated for at the May 31 Toronto gala, Heated Rivalry made a record for most wins by a single production as the one of two lead actors Hudson Williams became the youngest ever Best Lead Performer in a Drama Series for playing straight-laced hockey star Shane Hollander. <\/p>\n

He shared the honour with his co-star Connor Storrie, who plays fiery Russian forward Ilya Rozanov. <\/p>\n

During his acceptance speech, Hudson, 25, delighted fans with a playful and cheeky nod to their characters’ secret romance amid MLH rivalries. <\/p>\n

For the unversed, the series, created by Jacob Tierney, mixes intense NHL action with romance and exploded globally after its 2025 debut. <\/p>\n

Will there be a season 2 of Heated Rivalry? <\/p>\n

Yes, Season 2 of Heated Rivalry is officially in the works. <\/p>\n

Crave and HBO Max renewed the hit hockey romance series for a second season, slated to premiere in April 2027<\/p>\n

Season 2 will adapt The Long Game by Rachel Reid. It will pick up 10 years into Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov’s relationship as they navigate keeping their romance a secret while staying at the top of their game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Heated Rivalry’ shatters record with 16 wins at 2026 Canadian Screen Awards Heated Rivalry made history at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-477454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}