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    i clutched your arms (like stairway railings). by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    11 Dec 2025

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    He was alone because Ilya had left because Ilya always had to leave. [...] He felt horrible. Ilya had left. Maybe Shane hadn’t been good enough? No, he would’ve left anyway. He always left.

    But maybe he would’ve stayed a little longer if Shane had been better? Maybe if he’d been better, used more of those tricks he’d been trying to learn, he wouldn’t have left so soon. Maybe he would’ve wanted to stay like Shane wanted him to stay. Would’ve wanted to hold him like Shane wanted to ask him to do. Maybe Shane wouldn’t be trapped in this cavernous space between worlds, feeling like he was free-falling, searching for the path out of this emptiness.

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    Shane experiences sub-drop for the first time. Ilya holds him through it.

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    baby steps by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    13 Jan 2026

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    [“Can you tell the camera how old you are?”

    “I’m four!” Shane exclaims proudly, turning back and holding up four fingers in two peace signs, wiggling them at the camera. “I’m going to be the best four-year-old hockey player ever.”]

    “You were so cute,” Ilya croons, reaching one arm out to sling it around Shane’s shoulders and pull him into his side, Shane grumbling all the while. “I love it that you were so very small. Even the jersey is too big! Is so wonderful.”

    “Again, I think that all children go through a phase where they are very small,” Shane says, but he’s smiling by the time Ilya pokes one affectionate finger into his cheek, driving into his freckles. “Stop that.”

    Ilya reacts to videos of Shane playing hockey as a child.

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    Five and a Half Beers and Just as Many Chalupas by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    30 Nov 2025

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    Hollander as an opponent has always been focused and precise and an absolute nightmare for a defenseman, the kind of player you dread facing.

    Hollander as a teammate is…well, he’s still focused and precise, and intense about every drill and lift and film session to the point of being more than a little intimidating.

    Hollander on five-and-a-half beers and just as many chalupas is something else entirely.

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    The Centaurs get to know Shane Hollander.

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    We Can Burn Brighter Than The Sun by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    12 Dec 2025

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    Hollander gestures to where they’re sitting and asks, “This okay?”
    Rozanov yells, once more, “Puppies!”

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    OR: The Stanley Cup Champion Ottawa Centaurs Do Buzzfeed's Puppy Interview

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    10 Feb 2026

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    The Interview by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)  

    26 Jan 2026

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    Several years into Rozanov’s career, ESPN hires a reporter fluent in Russian.

    Suddenly able to answer questions fluently and with a wide vocabulary, Rozanov’s interviews go viral. Hockey fans around the world get a new look at what they thought about Boston’s #81. This changes not only his public persona, but his whole life.

    Inspired by the look on NBA star Nikola Jokić’s face when he was asked a question in his native Serbian and my own struggles learning a new language.

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