London, Dec. 18 -- The acclaimed gay hockey romance series "Heated Rivalry" has finally secured a release across the UK and Ireland, marking a significant expansion of its international footprint.

The series, which is already streaming on Crave in Canada, will also be available to Sky audiences from January 10. It is currently streaming on HBO Max in the United States and is also available to viewers in New Zealand via Sky, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The show, created for television by Letterkenny alum Jacob Tierney and adapted from Rachel Reid's novel of the same name, centres around a fictional hockey universe.

Heated Rivalry focuses on two rival professional hockey players - Canadian-born Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) of the ...