Heated Rivalry is the queer hockey love story that turned rivalry into religion for many of us. The 2019 book by Rachel Reid has now been adapted into a series by HBO Max and Crave, so viewers really want to know what happens in the books. They ask: Do Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov get married?Well, the timeline of their relationship is a roller coaster of hookups in hotel rooms, career-defining games, coming-outs, and THE milestone!Okay, so based on the canon timeline, there’s no grey area. Shane and Ilya do, in fact, get married in the Heated Rivalry books! Of course, even their wedding comes in two acts, the first is chaotic and the second is intimate.Shane and Ilya's relationship timeline in Heated RivalryLong before the wedding, Shane and Ilya’s story began in 2008 when they met at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Regina, and a rivalry began. They met again in 2009 at the NHL draft, and from that moment, every time they met, they were haunted by a tension neither of them could shake off.MORE ON THE SHOW: Cast and characters | Filming locations View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThrough the 2010s, they spiral as neither is ready to speak about their feelings. But in the summer of 2017, at the lake, they admitted being in love. By 2018, they started coaching hockey camps together and enjoyed domesticity. In 2019, they announced the Irina Foundation and built a life around each other.And then in 2020, they had a wedding. It was officiated by Jade and Ruby Pike and attended by an audience of plush toys and Arthur!RELATED: Who plays Shane and Ilya in HBO's Heated Rivalry? Meet the actors who bring Rachel Reid's beloved book to lifeShane and Ilya's real wedding By 2021, they’ve weathered scrutiny and the million ways sports try to kill queer joy. So when Shane proposes to Ilya the way he deserves (at Ilya’s house in Ottawa), it hits us. And it hits us right in the feels! View this post on Instagram Instagram PostA few months later, they get married just by themselves in the backyard of their Ottawa home. These two had spent nearly a decade not being able to admit they liked each other in public, but they married quietly, and that became the most romantic ending imaginable, rewiring fans' hearts.The Heated Rivalry TV show adaptation is available on HBO Max. NEXT UP: Does Heated Rivalry have a happy ending? Here’s what happens in the books | Five queer romances should be on your watchlist