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    Shane’s team gifts him a soulmate reading with renowned soulmate seer Ilya Rozanov. The problem? Shane doesn’t want to know anything about his soulmate. Ilya promises to keep whatever he sees a secret; that way Shane can stay oblivious, the team won’t find out he refused their gift and the reading still gets done. Everyone wins, right? Wrong.
    Guess who turns out to be Shane’s soulmate…

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    10 Jun 2026

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    It figures that even half-way across the world Ilya's dick manages to ruin Cliff's day. The real surprise is that it isn't the only dick involved in this mess.

    Featuring an ill-timed outing, a supportive but clueless team trying its best, panicking over Russia's LGBTQ laws, too many group chats, an unhinged 3am brainstorming session on how to get your captain a new citizenship (asking for a friend) and Roz' inability to answer his fucking phone.

    Or: Ilya disappears in Sochi. Half-way across the world his team does its best to help. Their best is more than anyone could have foreseen.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    "Don't get why we have to do that stupid land thing before each game." Comeau sighed as he threw his jersey to the ground. "Waste of time. Just let us play hockey."

    Shane felt sick to his stomach as he heard noises of agreement. He looked at J.J. - the only other person of colour in the room - and saw the distant horror reflected in his eyes. It's a different sort of privileged trauma to be third-generation Canadian, to have established roots in the country but people still assume you weren't born here. The generational trauma is softer - the edges not sharp enough to make you bleed only bruise - but it was ingrained into their family in ways that others wouldn't even realize.

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    The beginning of the end doesn't start with a bang, but with a small sigh. Shane and J.J. are two of the few men of colour in the MLH; that's not something they ever forget.

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    Rachel Reid said that Shane Hollander doesn't carry grief or trauma and I'm going to die mad about it

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    06 Jun 2026

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    Cliff, Jackie, and Hayden navigate Halloween together as a (growing) family.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    In 2008, Hayden Pike is a rookie Metro trying his best to navigate a new team, a new city, and his new place in the spotlight when he takes home a member of the enemy team, Cliff Marlow.

    Eight months later, Hayden meets the woman who would become his wife. A year after that meeting, they would be married and expecting twins. Hayden did not have time to dwell on his chance encounter with Marlow, no matter how life-changing the experience had been.

    ...until a decade passes, his best friend breaks some major barriers, and someone gets traded to the Montreal Metros.

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    05 Jun 2026