Heated Rivalry: Do the Actors Feel Like Real NHL Players? Cat Toffoli Answers

Do the Heated Rivalry actors feel like real NHL players? Cat Toffoli, wife of Sharks forward Tyler Toffoli, says the hockey drama nailed the hockey-player look, and the details felt authentic too, like Scott Hunter's superstitious daily smoothie: "Looks wise, they nailed… the hockey player looks… I thought they did a really good job."

In Heated Rivalry (HBO Max in the US, Crave in Canada, based on Rachel Reid's novels), Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) captains the Montreal Metros and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) stars for the Boston Raiders, rivals in the fictional MLH. Scott Hunter (François Arnaud), captain of the New York Admirals, makes the same smoothie part of his routine before every home game, which is how he meets Kip Grady (Robbie G.K.). Zubair Jeewanjee asked Cat whether the players on screen felt like guys she actually knows.

Cat Toffoli is co-host of Never Offside with Julie & Cat.

From San Jose Hockey Now Podcast EP 118 with Sheng Peng, Keegan McNally and Zubair Jeewanjee.
▶ Full interview: youtu.be/RUeSnnzqbEM

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