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Two hockey rivals.
One tiny girl.
Zero chill.
When MHL enemies-to-lovers legends Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov become dads to Lillian Jane Rozanov-Hollander, they assume one thing:
She's going to dominate hockey.
Obviously.
Before she can hold her own head up, she has custom skates. Before she can talk, they're arguing whether she'll represent Canada or Russia. (USA was eliminated immediately.) Every milestone becomes a competition. Every smile is contested. Every nap is tactical.
But Lili has other plans.
Instead of slapshots and body checks, she falls in love with edges, music, and ice dance.
Now Shane is memorizing figure skating scoring breakdowns at 3AM.
Ilya is screaming in the stands about artistry and insisting she "cannot be boring like Dada."
And both of them are learning that raising a daughter might be harder than winning a championship.
This is a story about:
• competitive dads who love too hard
• tiny skates and big drama
• locker room chaos
• rink-side arguments
• international identity crises
• and one girl who was never going to be ordinary
Because she didn't grow up in a rivalry.
She was born in one.
And she's about to rewrite it.