Connor Storrie spent the last year becoming one of the biggest breakout stars on television, and he did it playing a Russian hockey star.
In Heated Rivalry, the Crave original based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels, Storrie plays Ilya Rozanov opposite Hudson Williams’ Shane Hollander, two rival NHL players who fall for each other. The show swept the Canadian Screen Awards with 16 wins, including Best Drama, and built a fandom big enough to turn it into a genuine phenomenon.
The Emmy nomination, though, isn’t for that. It’s for the night he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 28, which earned him a spot in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category. It’s his first Emmy nod of any kind.
The reason his own series wasn’t in the running comes down to eligibility. Heated Rivalry is a Canadian production, funded through Bell Media and Crave, which keeps it out of the Primetime Emmy race even though it streams on HBO Max in the US.
It is eligible for the International Emmy Awards, and those nominations land in September.
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