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Hockey Romance Series Gets Prime Video Renewal, Second Season

5/14/2026

Summary

Story summary

The hockey romance series secured a TV adaptation and second-season renewal despite independent production.
Variety called the series a predictable delight, praised lead chemistry and noted choppy dialogue.
All eight episodes of the first season premiered on Prime Video Wednesday.
James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti produced the show after its ATX Festival debut, which follows hockey teammates Garret Graham and Hannah Wells as rivals-turned-romantics sharing a house at Briar University.

History

Historical Context

When Mark Schwahn launched One Tree Hill on The WB on September 23 2003, its 2.5 million-viewer debut and rapid rise to 3.3 million cemented the network’s teen-sports drama formula that later anchored The CW after the 2006 WB-UPN merger. The model now guides Prime Video’s hockey-romance series produced by James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, illustrating streaming’s adoption of early-2000s teen-drama strategies.

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Story summary

The hockey romance series secured a TV adaptation and second-season renewal despite independent production.
Variety called the series a predictable delight, praised lead chemistry and noted choppy dialogue.
All eight episodes of the first season premiered on Prime Video Wednesday.
James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti produced the show after its ATX Festival debut, which follows hockey teammates Garret Graham and Hannah Wells as rivals-turned-romantics sharing a house at Briar University.

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