'Heated Rivalry' wins big at Canadian Screen Awards

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Hudson Williams won Best Lead Performer, Drama Series at the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards for his portrayal of Shane Hollander in Heated Rivalry. Heated Rivalry also took the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award and several other trophies, with showrunner Jacob Tierney accepting on stage at the ceremony hosted by Andrew Phung in Toronto. The cast turned out on Toronto's red carpet to celebrate the wins, marking mainstream recognition for the Canadian hockey drama that centers queer relationships and professional sport.

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Summary: Heated Rivalry was nominated in 13 categories at the Canadian Screen Awards, and won all 13! The show is also nominated for “Best Drama Series”, and both Hudson and François Arnaud are nominated for “Best Lead Performer, Drama Series.” These will be announced during tomorrow’s ceremony!

1. Jacob Tierney "Best Writing, Drama Series"
2. Jacob Tierney "Best Direction, Drama Series"
3. Sophie Nélisse "Best Supporting Performer, Drama"
4. Nadine Bhabha "Best Guest Performance, Drama Series"
5. Peter Peter "Best Original Music - Original Song"
6. Peter Peter "Best Original Music, Drama"
7. Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay "Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction"
8. Hanna Puley "Best Costume Design"
9. Véronique Barb "Best Picture Editing, Drama"
10. Jackson Parrell "Best Photography, Drama"
11. Simon Devault, Philippe Massonnat, Christophe Trepanier, Felix Arsenault "Best Visual Effects"
12. Aidan Leroux, Alder Dunlap, James McCrindle "Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction"
13. Vincent Riendeau, Martin M. Messier, Joe Scandella, Natalie Fleurant, Simon Meilleur, Eric “Med” Lagacé, Peter Lopata, & Valéry Dufort-Boucher “Best Sound, Fiction”

2639d ago

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

@minibubbly.bsky.social

Heated Rivalry won in 13 nominated categories at the Canadian Screen Awards last night. #Canada #HeatedRivalry 🍁 Those wins included two for creator Jacob Tierney, who picked up best direction and best writing for a drama. www.msn.com/en-ca/entert...

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HEATED RIVALRY
Best Picture Editing, Drama - "I'll believe in anything" Best Sound, Fiction
Best Original Music, Drama Best Visual Effects
Best Costume Design
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Best Writing, Drama Series Best Photography, Drama
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Best Guest Performance, Drama Series
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⚫ Best Original Music - Original Song
⚫ Best Direction, Drama Series
WINNER

449d ago

JenJen

@diflaversham.bsky.social

🧹🧹🧹 Heated Rivalry won in all 13 of their nominated categories at the Canadian Screen Awards tonight! There are three remaining categories left tomorrow night!

Winner
CRaVe ORIGINAL
HEATED RIVALRY
Best Direction, Drama Series
Jacob Tierney
Heated Rivalry
"I'll Believe In Anything"
Synopsis:
In Heated Rivalry, Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storie) are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery.
Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can't ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love.
Episode Synopsis:
Shane (Hudson Williams), Ilya (Connor Storie) and Scott (François Arnaud) each face pivotal personal decisions.
Nominees:
Jacob Tierney
Channel:
Crave

289d ago

JenJen5

Most of the wins tonight were for Episode 5

Toronto Star

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'Heated Rivalry' came out on top at the Canadian Screen Awards, winning 16 trophies including best series, drama

188d ago

sami ✨

@looking4orion.bsky.social

so heated rivalry won in every single one of the categories it was nominated for? i don’t know if i can remember another show having as much of a cultural & societal impact as this show has had our little canadian gay hockey show indeed 😭♥️

168d ago

Exa

@exawx.bsky.social

Heated Rivalry CLEAN SWEEP. They won all 13 awards they were nominated for tonight at Canadian Screen Awards. Now let's cross fingers that Hudson wins tomorrow's Best Lead Performance (and shout-out to Connor who deserves it too but couldn't get nominated coz he's not Canadian 😭).

119d ago

Craig Calcaterra

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

Heated Rivalry has won all of its categories. I am very glad about this because if it was beaten by, like, "Law and Order: Toronto" I think Allison would shoot the TV.

178d ago

teddy 🏒⛸️

@tedwardtv.bsky.social

the women of this show are everything to me!! 🥰🥰🥰 #heatedrivalry

128d ago

Ruby S.

@rubyji.bsky.social

I agree entirely with this: "But the Emmys need “Heated Rivalry” more than “Heated Rivalry” needs the Emmys." Screw awards. This just shows how much Hollywood bullshit influences nearly all the media we see.

129d ago

J. Kelly Nestruck

@nestruck.bsky.social

There's your new Heritage Minute for 2026: Mae Martin giving the Canadian Screen Award for best TV drama to Heated Rivalry (and making a couple good Genie and Corus jokes along the way).

118d ago

Katherine Arcus

@katherinearcus.bsky.social

Congratulations to Jackson Parrell, DP on both winning shows tonight, Heated Rivalry AND North of North!! He is the GOAT.

68d ago

momo ⛸️

@dykehollander.bsky.social

i bet u anyone in a category against heated rivalry just accepted defeated when it was announced cause they're Still sweeping the awards

78d ago

Julye

@summerhop.bsky.social

THROUGH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP we got to go to the Heated Rivalry pride event. It was EVERYTHING.

68d ago

DG ❤️🇨🇦

@dgct2.bsky.social

THEY USED THE HOLLANOV KISS FOR THE DRAMA AWARD !!! #HeatedRivalry #CanadianScreenAwards

38d ago

azteclady

@azteclady.bsky.social

Say what you will, but "the gay hockey show" just won Canadian Screen Awards in 16 of the 16 categories they had nominees for. And the acceptance speech are KILLERS of genuine community and generosity. #HeatedRivalry

38d ago

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