Shane Hollander

Shane Hollander is the star center and team captain of the Montreal Voyageurs. He is one of the two main characters of *Heated Rivalry* and *The Long Game,* both of which tell the story of his relationship with fellow hockey player and intense on-ice rival Ilya Rozanov.

**SHANE HOLLANDER**
Center Forward, Captain
Current: Ottawa Centaurs
Center Forward

Shane is kind and generous, though he suffers from anxiety, particularly about his performance as a hockey player and his sexuality, which he kept secret for the majority of his career so far. He grew up speaking Quebecois French and English and since entering into a relationship with Ilya Rozanov, has been trying to learn Russian. Shane is considered good-looking by most of the rest of the NHL, especially by his eventual husband, Ilya.

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Shane is very dedicated to hockey and to his health, to the point of verging on overly restrictive at times. He commits to a "performance diet" in *The Long Game*, which excludes dairy, sugar, alcohol, and red meat, and is regularly antagonized by Ilya, who eats and drinks anything, and occasionally smokes. Shane is driven to be the best and struggles to deal with feeling that he didn't give his best performance. He feels responsible for living up to everyone's expectations of him.

Shane loves his lake house cottage that he built down the road from his parents' summer home, which includes an indoor hockey rink and a pier with jet skis and kayaks.

## History

### Early Life

Shane was raised by his mother, Yuna Hollander, and his father, David Hollander, in Ottawa, Ontario. He has always had a good relationship with his parents. As a child, he was a fan of the Ottawa Centaurs. He played junior hockey in Kingston. He has no siblings.

### 2008

Shane was a top contender for draft picks going into the World Junior Championships at seventeen. He played center forward for Team Canada, who placed second after Team Russia, led by Ilya Rozanov. Shane and Ilya met for the first time at the event in Saskatchewan when Shane introduced himself to Ilya while Ilya was smoking (in a non-smoking area) outside the arena.

### 2009

Shane was the second place draft pick at eighteen years old, second again to Ilya Rozanov. Shane was drafted by the Montreal Voyageurs, and despite being a life-long Ottawa Centaurs fan, Shane was pleased to be staying so close to his Ottawa-based family. His already established PR rivalry with Ilya was heightened by the fact that Ilya was drafted by Voyageurs main rivals, the Boston Bears.

Shane and Ilya had their second meeting at the draft ceremony in June in L.A.. The night after, they both met at the hotel gym, and after a silent speed competition on their respective treadmills, they sat, shared a water bottle, and Shane experienced his first (acknowledged) feelings of sexual attraction towards a man. Though he had a girlfriend at the time, he was hoping they would break up shortly, He was uncomfortable with his attraction to Ilya and attempted to quash those feelings by focusing on his attraction to women.

1. ↑ *Heated Rivalry,* pg. 21
2. ↑ *Heated Rivalry*, pg. 25
3. ↑ *Heated Rivalry,* chp. 2