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Sports betting is a blight on society, American ATC fails at ICAO standard phraseology, and Shane Hollander is going through it.
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The Fic Writer's Guide to Life as a Pro Hockey Player by merrimack
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Men's Hockey RPF
22 Jan 2026
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I’ve been watching and reading about hockey for about 15 years, and when Heated Rivalry took off, I decided to put my mountain of saved links to good use. This guide is intended to give information about life as a professional hockey player, designed for fic writers who want to get the logistics right, from what Shane and Ilya's calendars look like to what their contracts say, and add realistic color to their Heated Rivalry or Hockey RPF fics.
This is not a "Hockey 101" for the game itself, as there are many other sources for that.
Contains some minor spoilers for The Long Game, but none for the major plot developments. I use "NHL" throughout, following Rachel's usage in the books.
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my momsold me to Scott Hunter, a Shane Hollander fanfiction by luulapants, mockspeed
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
04 May 2026
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rpfactorfiction
Oh my god, I didn't know there were any copies of this left on the internet. For those who don't know, this is like. This is a foundational text of hockey RPF. This is from before hockey RPF was really a thing even. It's from the mid-aughts and wasn't posted to a fanfiction website. Instead, OP dropped this insane RPF manifesto onto a normal ass hockey fan forum (which no longer exists) then deleted their account like two days later. Just handed this to a bunch of jocks and hockey bros and dipped. Legendary shit. Like, I don't think this kid even knew what fanfiction was, the fucking hand of god just compelled him to write about being an MLH player's sex slave and show it to the world. I pray every day that this insane child actually made it to the MLH and got to meet Scott Hunter.
So maybe Shane had a little crush on Scott Hunter in his younger years. So maybe he anonymously posted online about it once. So maybe it had become an internet legend and a running joke in the MLH.
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An ode to Shane Hollander’s masculinity by mrbusinessman (ifyoudo)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
08 May 2026
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“He’s such a jock,” Cassie says with a chuckle. She puts her glass of dark liquor on the bar so she can fold her arms. When she sees Ilya looking at Bood, she laughs and shakes her head. “Oh no, I’m talking about your man. That guy is hockey if it was a person. And thank god for that, I’ve seen those Reebok ads.”
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stay positive by throughadoor
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 May 2026
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One week before Ilya arrives at the cottage, Shane starts using the positive visualization technique that he learned for hockey in order to get focused on the best-case scenario. He thinks about next summer and season schedules, charity games and gay salary cap implications, and how to be together in secret forever.
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if you're scared of wolves by sleepingintheculdesac
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 May 2026
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In another life — or maybe the next one, or maybe the one before — Ilya Rozanov learns that some roads only lead to one place. No matter how you take them, the wolves are always waiting at the end.
Maybe that's why, in December 2008, Ilya wakes up with the distinct, inexplicable sense, that he has already lived this life before.
Some things, it turns out, are inevitable. The question is whether he is.
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Operation: Fuck Ilya Rozanov by songstress
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Apr 2026
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Ilya Rozanov-Hollander woke up on the sixth anniversary of the day he told his husband he loved him for the first time, and thought: I want Shane to fuck me.
Shane, tucked under his arm and snoring softly into his armpit, warbled on unaware.
Series
- Part 1 of Take Me Apart
Bookmarked by merrimack
12 May 2026