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A non-comprehensive guide to the behind-the-scenes and logistics of the NHL, for those who want to be more accurate or to get inspired by previously unknown possibilities.
Or for those who want the room-temperature tea of what it's like to work in the NHL.
- Language:
- English
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- 10,754
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #91674716
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Hard to Breathe by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-08-03
Sequel to Breathing Room
Ilya Rozanov has spent five years holding Shane Hollander at arm’s length - not because he didn’t love him, but because he loved him too much to ask him to risk everything for something that could fall apart. He was good at that: the careful distance, the walls that looked like indifference, the way he’d learned to be close without being close. He’d had a lot of practice.
What he didn’t have practice for was what came after he was done lying to himself. He didn’t have practice for this - for something warm and bright and absolutely terrifying. Something that fits in the spaces between games and cities and the distance between Boston and Raleigh. Something that makes Ilya think, for the first time in a long time, that maybe the risk is worth it.
He just needs to figure out what to do with it all before their careers swallow them whole
He doesn’t get the chance to think about it for very long.
- Part 2 of The Distance Between Us
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 137,840
- Chapters:
- 10/11
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #85730431
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Ottawa Chant: NO MEANS NO by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Men's Hockey RPF
2026-06-16
Fuck Carter Hart. Ilya scores on him repeatedly and Harter Cart cries
- Part 17 of Verdant's Heated Rivalry Fics
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 901
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #86837836
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Breathing Room by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-05-26
Shane Hollander arrives in Vegas with a question he hasn’t spoken out loud.
It isn’t complicated, exactly. It’s just the kind of question that requires honesty he isn’t sure he’s ready for - about what he and Ilya Rozanov have been doing for the past few years, about what six months of silence after Sochi actually meant, and about whether any of it is worth staying close to or whether he finally needs to go.
He gets his answer in a locked bathroom at the NHL Awards.
Ilya spends the summer convinced that Shane is fine. Upset? Yes. Angry? Definitely. But Shane always felt things fiercely despite what everyone said about him when he had his back turned. He’d calm down over the summer and then he’d be there like he always had been. He fills the silence with discipline and routine and the comfortable certainty that later is still available to him.
He’s wrong.
By the time Ilya understands what he actually lost, Shane is already gone; and Ilya is left trying to find a way back to someone who closed the door long before Ilya had ever thought to just walk through it.
- Part 1 of The Distance Between Us
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 77,974
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #84850786
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the bisexual fairy godmother of the NHL by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-04-02
5 times Ilya played matchmaker to the queer guys in the league and showed them that he has insane gaydar and is extremely perceptive (and to maybe make sure they absolutely did not ask out his Shane, even when that wasn't happening, but you know Ilya he is so obsessed with Shane he assumes that everyone wants to date his man)
+1 time they found out Rozanov wasn't just an allyor
5 times Ilya played matchmaker
+1 time everyone found out he is not just an ally- Part 4 of Hollanov/Centaurs Texting/WAG Fics
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,974
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #80184366
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A Guide to the NHL/MLH: Everything But the Hockey by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Men's Hockey RPF
2026-04-02
What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?
All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus maybe the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!
If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!
- Language:
- English
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- 20,376
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Files:
- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #79171006
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courage [it couldn't come at a worse time] by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-23
"Why are you not scared?"
"I am scared," Ilya admits. "I just am tired. Of hiding me. Of hiding you. Of hiding how much I love you. I want to go to the rink— how do you say it? Authenti."
"Authentically," Shane supplies, automatically.
"Yes. Authentically. I want to go to the rink authentically, as me," Ilya confirms.
Ilya looks at Shane, pauses until Shane meets his eyes. "I want to say: I, Ilya Rozanov, love a man, and that man's name is Shane Hollander."
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Or, sometimes it takes a little more time, and some courage, to be with the one you love.
- Language:
- English
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- 81,933
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Files:
- 5 versions
- AO3:
- #76621461
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Shane swallowed hard, tears still slipping down his face, but he managed another breath. Then another. Each one shaky. Each one fragile. But they were coming. Ilya kept his hand steady against his back, the other still lightly holding his forearm. “You’re okay,” he repeated quietly. “I’m right here.” Shane’s voice came out broken and small. “I'm sorry. I couldn’t- I tried- I needed-” His words dissolved into another shaky inhale, frustration and shame mixing with the remnants of panic. Ilya didn’t press him to explain. He knew Shane’s mind was still tangled in whatever storm had triggered this. Right now, breathing mattered more than understanding. “You don’t have to say anything,” he said softly. “Just breathe.” --- The pressure gets to Shane and he has an anxiety attack mid-game.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,187
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #79927841
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“Ilya,” Shane says, slurring just slightly, eyes glassy and bright. “Did you know-“ he giggles, actually giggles, shoulders shaking, “-that you are very handsome?” “Yes, I am aware,” Ilya grins widely as he steadies Shane by the waist, fingers firm and familiar at his side. Shane turns suddenly, interrupting a conversation between a handful of players and executives who absolutely did not ask to be included. “Hello. This is my husband,” he announces proudly, like it’s breaking news. “He’s Russian. And annoying. And very in love with me.” *** Shane Hollander wins ‘Player of the Year’ and celebrates with his husband, Ilya Rozanov. Shane drinks a little too much, but thankfully, Ilya is glued to his side.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,577
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #77620446
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After being caught in an intimate moment at a club, Ilya has fun on Twitter after multiple accounts tweet at him and Shane. Or Hollanov gets caught being really touchy at a club
- Language:
- English
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- 1,220
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #77115966
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Shane lets out a quiet, humorless laugh. His shoulders sag. “I just-“ He stops, words tangling. “It’s the final. So much is on the line. And- and it’s Montreal…” Ilya’s thumbs brush slow circles over Shane’s pulse points. “You don’t play for them.” “I know. I know.” Shane presses his lips together. “But I want to prove-“ Ilya leans in a fraction, voice firmer now. “You don’t have to prove anything to them. You gave them everything, and they didn’t give you shit back.” --- Shane and Ilya are both playing for Ottawa, open and married. They make it to the Stanley cup final, and Shane is anxious about meeting their opponent, his previous team, Montreal.
- Language:
- English
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- 3,566
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #76739966
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Shane had no issue helping Ilya. He knew English was a frustrating language-knew the struggles that came with having to learn a whole other way to communicate.
And honestly, it gave him a feeling of fulfillment. He loved being helpful, loved being useful.
So he was more than happy to translate when Ilya needed.
Shane just never thought the day would come when their roles would be reversed.
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a hard of hearing! shane hollander fic- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,683
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #76629846