The mega-virality of the hit HBO Max and Crave show Heated Rivalry has people all across the hockey world talking.
That includes NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, who said he binged the entire six-episode run in one night.
That’s no small thing, as the show about rival professional men’s hockey players who begin a passionate, secret romance features sex scenes not for the prudish.
The NHL, and hockey in general, has had a complicated relationship with the LGBTQ+ community over the years, but it appeared that the show had broken through across the sport’s media landscape.
That includes former hockey players and brothers Dan and Chris Powers, the hosts of the popular Empty…