sticky wicket

sarah / she/her ig, idc / queer as in fuck you / 97 liner / the artist formerly known as reymanova / i'm still mostly on twitter @_moongles

[connorstorriegifs]

Connor Storrie + 👅

for @hotelstares

[shillanov]

ilya rozanov mic'd up would be such a dream. mans is out here chirping his opponents left and right and calling them pigeons so he can watch them get pissed off. the ref is like "rozanov please stop calling people pigeons." swearing passionately in russian whenever he misses a goal. new york's fanbase is throwing insults at him and he yells back "how do you feel that your captain scott hunter will expire soon and you are not invited to funeral." giving pep talks like "ok boys we will.... what do they say. bring home the bacon. except for you carmichael i know doctor put you on vegetable diet we will bring home tomato for you tonight."

[grapehyasynth]

gotta rec my girl @hozanova's mic'ed up series

[breha]

you know that, post-coming out, compilations start popping up online from years of nhl mic'd up promos that nobody ever thought twice about before that mostly consist of shane saying "microphone" when ilya skates up to him.

[pavlmescal]

Endless gifs of Shane Hollander 4/∞

[wolfbirds-and-smoothies]

Heated Rivalry + Text Posts

[firstprincedinjail]

hayden being exactly the kind of friend shane needs 💙 (for @rachelica9 my fellow hayden lover)

[dailyflicks]

KSENIA DANIELA KHARLAMOVA as SVETLANA VETROVA HEATED RIVALRY 2025 | Jacob Tierney

[grapehyasynth]

Hi Grape! Do you have any HR fic recommendations? 🥺

Thank you for asking!! I have not fully dived into HR fic yet -- with my last two fandoms I read through the entire tag of my favorite pairing and I am resisting doing that for Hollanov because it's, as you might imagine, a massive undertaking lmfao -- but I have read a few that people have sent me! These are the ones I read and enjoyed:

the four-part series the secret society of stick-handlers by gurlsrool

lost in translation by gurlsrool

mic'ed up by @hozanova (we haven't been in the same fandom in so long i am soooooooooooo exciteddddddddd to be back babyyyyy)

please leave a message by Ravenesta

and, if this counts, Swedish Princess, a little HR/YR crossover by 3e2f48

I guess if folks want to send me their favorite HR fics now and then... I might open...

I also concocted, like, ten Hollanov fic ideas the other day... I'm resisting shifting into writing them but... if it happens... it happens.

[hozanova]

it's an honor, dearest grape🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[uno-gang]

Another great thing about Heated Rivalry on the meta-meta level is the fact that Connor Storrie has so many moles. Because in my native language the word for mole is literally mother's mark and we have this folk believe that they represent your mother's love for you. Because it "leaves marks on you".

That means that Ilya is covered head to toe in physical embodiments of his mother's love for him. He has so many moles, he is so loved.

And there is no way this could've been an active casting decision, because why would it be? It just shows that Connor Storrie was destined to play mama's boy Ilya Rozanov

(And don't even get me started on the big mole on his cheek, that is like prime cheek kissing location)

[aphantasias]

and if i said this made my stomach hurt while making it

[noahreids]

LNC: SHANE HOLLANDER (IN.SP) | Ilya [x]

[noahreids]

LNC: ILYA ROZANOV (IN.SP) | Shane [x]

[chapeldean]

1x01 vs 1x06

[hyggles]

forget about Heated Rivalry's theoretical impact on male hockey players and start focusing on the very real Bicuriosity Ray 9000 that Heated Rivalry is firing at male hockey podcasters

[wexpyke]

Heated Rivalry 1x01 “Rookies”

[theedorksinlove]

SHANE AND ILYA + ASSHOLE

+ bonus (speaking of assholes)

[noahreids]

Heated Rivalry s01e02 | Ilya Rozanov [1/?]