Where Was 'Heated Rivalry' Filmed? A Map To "The Cottage" & More

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It wasn’t just Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) who took a trip to the cottage in Heated Rivalry’s season finale on Dec. 26 — fans did as well. The hockey romance, available for streaming on HBO Max, turned into 2025’s buzzer beater to close out the year and has been the talk of social media since it premiered in November.

Based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers book series, the show follows hockey rivals Shane and Ilya, who fall in love off the ice while keeping their relationship a secret from their friends, family, and teammates. In the season finale, the two meet up at Shane’s cottage in Canada to get away and spend time together. Fans online joked about meeting up at the cottage al...