Summary:

All Shane wanted to do was to play hockey.
He knew he was pretty much the best at it.

What he didn't know, being the best was not enough.

Being a gay Asian-Canadian hockey player didn't help anything at all.

Nor did the fact that he got drafted to Ottawa, the team where Ilya Rozanov was already the biggest star.

Or,
An alternate universe where Shane is openly out as gay. Ilya is still closeted bisexual. And they both play for the same team- ie, Ottawa Centaurs.