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    Select MLH hopefuls spend one year living with a mentor as part of the League’s Prospect Orientation Program. These eighteen-year-old prospects learn a lot from their veteran league mentors; they attend camps, retreats, practices, and discover what it means to be part of such an old and distinguished tradition. Without graduating from the Prospect Orientation Program, a top draft spot is impossible.

    You want to play? You learn everything you can: on and off the ice.

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    Party Favors and the aftermath. No firm update schedule.

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    Ilya's on a hotel roof in the middle of the night. The draft is tomorrow, and he can't sleep.

    That's when Shane Hollander appears, but he's somehow thirty-five years old, and acting very friendly... and he's wearing glasses. This must be a dream — mustn't it?

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    06 Mar 2026

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    What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?

    All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!

    If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!

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    08 May 2026

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    No one knows why some people have magic, but it's never so big that it makes a real difference—just small, practical things, making life a little smoother.

    Still. Shane would rather have his magic be something like Rozanov's, instead of about his fucking socks.

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    20 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 88

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    For Christmas, Shane asked for a new pack of the old compression socks he likes, an upgrade on the same brand of juicer they’ve had forever, and for Ilya to keep fucking him even when he cries and screams and begs him to stop. He expected Ilya to grin. At worst, to drag Shane up against his chest and sigh, my poor deprived husband, full access to the very best cock in Ottawa and still he wants more. He never thought Ilya would say no.

    or: Shane’s husband won’t give him what he doesn’t want. Maybe Scott Hunter will.

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    15 Apr 2026

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    Ilya tests the limits of domestic bliss.

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    11 Apr 2026