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Heated Rivalry (L to R) \u2013 Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in Episode 104 of Heated Rivalry. Credit: Sabrina Lantos\/HBO<\/p>\nHeated Rivalry (L to R) \u2013 Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in Episode 104 of Heated Rivalry. Credit: Sabrina Lantos\/HBO<\/p>\n
Hockey is so hot right now, thanks to \u201cHeated Rivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The show\u2014about professional hockey players risking it all for love\u2014has taken America by storm. And while it isn\u2019t based on a true story, it\u2019s resonated with real players. The show inspired a non-NHL hockey pro to come out, and star Hudson Williams told Andy Cohen<\/a> that closeted pro athletes have reached out to him directly, including pro hockey players. The NHL is the only North American professional sports league with no out LGBTQ+ current or former players.<\/a><\/p>\n So, before the Tampa Bay Lightning takes on the Boston Bears Bruins next Sunday, we can\u2019t speculate if any players are headed to the cottage. But in the thick of hockey season, anything can happen.<\/p>\n The Raymond James match is one of two outdoor NHL games in Florida this year<\/a>. But it might be colder than inside games. Forecasts call for a high of 55\u00b0F\u2014the low end of the thermostat for Lightning games at Benchmark. Still, it\u2019s rare a chance to see the guys and their sticks out in the sunlight.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $207 for the NHL Stadium Series: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins happening Sunday, Feb 1 in Tampa. <\/a><\/p>\n If that seems steep, tickets start around $40-$50 for most regular Lightning games, like Pride night on March 26.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry (L to R) \u2013 Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[63859,48452,11708,135,862,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-129477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-heated-rivalry","9":"tag-raymond-james","10":"tag-raymond-james-stadium","11":"tag-tampa","12":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","13":"tag-tampa-headlines","14":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}