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Which Hockey Romance Novels Have Been Adapted Into Movies Or TV Shows?

Caught a hockey romance adaptation, but can't remember the novel title? Which books like The Deal or Pucked actually became movies or series?
2025-05-23 21:41:23
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brettpvallotton
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I've got The Deal by Elle Kennedy floating around in my head as possibly the most well-known hockey romance with a movie in the works (although it's been “in the works” for a while, I guess). Owned on the Ice M/M Romance is another good hockey read waiting to be adapted. It's a great story of a rivalry to relationship between two of the elite players on the ice. Forced to be temporary roommates, the two men pack a lot of off-ice tension in the story and it captures all the locker room and media feelings very well.
2026-07-21
Mila
Mila
I love how hockey romance novels can bring together the hardest, most fierce sports out there with love stories that make your heart flutter. Unfortunately, not many of these novels have been adapted yet but there are a few out there already. The figure skater/hockey player ‘crossover’ romance novel The Cutting Edge was made into a movie, and while it’s not a novel-to-movie adaptation, it’s kind of a cult classic for romance lovers.

While there are no actual hockey romance adaptations (Gooin’ doesn’t count, it’s a pretty funny take on hockey life from a “vulerable” hockey player perspective), I would die to see Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid or Off the Ice by Avon Gale be made into a series. Their books are slow burn and full of fantastic dialogue and the banter in the locker rooms would be fabulous in a TV series. I know that there is a lot of demand for sports romances on streaming right now, so I have no doubt that if someone were to option these books, there would be a series within a year or so.
2025-05-24
Una
Una
For me, it would be great to read more hockey romances as they could be adapted! Right now I’m hoping for “Miracle”, the 2004 movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team as it has so much great emotional depth for a non-romantic story. “Youngblood” is a pretty poor but very fun hockey “romance” movie from 1986.

I think we still have a ways to go before many of the novels get adapted into movies, but they are beginning to and I think you’ll find that many are being optioned. As an example, Broke by Kayley Loring was just optioned. It has great chemistry and I think it would make a great TV movie. I would also suggest The Play by Elle Kennedy. It has great banter and it’s very steamy. The natural drama of hockey makes for great storytelling.
2025-05-25
Addison
Addison
Hockey romances are my preferred type of book, and I’m trying to keep track of all the almost-adaptations going on right now. Both Goon and Slap Shot are classic movies, but they’re originally written screenplays. In book form, The Deal by Elle Kennedy is rumored to be in the works, as it follows college hockey and features a cast of academic rivals.

More books that I would watch adapt: Sawyer Bennett’s Cold Fury series is really dramatic and sexy, so I think it would make great streaming content. And Pucked by Helena Hunting is just so funny and sexy, it would be really great too. In the meantime, there are many fan casts and wishlists on hockey romance forums, so I know that there are people who are eager to watch an adaptation of their favorite book.
2025-05-27
Adam
Adam
While it hasn’t happened yet, I’m very excited that some of my favorite hockey romances are going to get made into movies and TV shows. ‘The Mighty Ducks’ is a classic hockey movie trilogy, with lots of relationships in it too. ‘Waking Up Down Under’ by Lizzy Dent has also been made into a great TV movie set against the hockey world.

For purely romantic stories, fans are waiting for the adaptation of ‘Breakaway’ by Kat Mizera. For now, fans can enjoy the TV series ‘Spinning Out’ on Netflix. Although not an adaptation of a specific hockey romance novel, it’s a perfect representation of the high intensity of ice sports and the romantic drama that accompanies it. Stories like ‘Pucked’ by Helena Hunting are waiting to hit the big or small screen and with as much success as ‘The Mighty Ducks’ or ‘Waking Up Down Under’ there’s no doubt they will in due time. As hockey romances are highly visual, the high stakes of the sport make for the perfect backdrop to increase the emotional tension of a story and thus make for perfect adaptations.
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