How ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Crave’s ‘spicy, gay hockey show,’ became a global TV player

TORONTO — Could “Heated Rivalry” be the raciest Canadian TV show ever made? Writer-director Jacob Tierney is willing to drop the mitts on it.
“Our big competition is that episode of ‘Degrassi’ where Spike gets pregnant, so if we can get this right, then I think there's a big future for us,” the “Letterkenny” co-creator quips.
Based on a novel by Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid, the six-episode Crave series follows two duelling male hockey play