Netflix Expands Cast of ‘Icebreaker’ Hockey Romance With Six New Actors

Netflix has finalized the main cast for its college hockey romance drama series Icebreaker, based on Hannah Grace’s bestselling novel. Gabriel Tierney (Rivals, Enola Holmes 2), Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana), newcomer and professional athlete Peter Berry, Chaneil Kular (Best of the Best, Sex Education), Devin Craig (Sex Lives of College Girls, Maize), and Aidan Shaw (We Were Liars, Heated Rivalry) join previously announced leads Daisy Jelley and Connor Simos.

According to the logline, in Icebreaker she is a transfer student aiming for Olympic gold, while he is a campus star pursuing an NHL career. When an accident forces their teams to share a single rink, Anastasia Allen (Jelley) and Nate Hawkins (Simos) collide—and discipline gives way to obsession, because the only thing more dangerous than wanting to win is wanting each other.

will play Aaron; Auliʻi Cravalho will portray Lola; Peter Berry is Robbie; Chaneil Kular will play JJ; Devin Craig will portray Henry and Aidan Shaw is Russ.

The book, the first in a trilogy, Maple Hills, spent 70 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list. Originally published in November 2022 with a wide release in 2023, the blockbuster novel has surpassed nearly 5 million copies sold worldwide. Total sales for the three-book series have surpassed 7.5 million copies globally.

Icebreaker is created and executive produced by Jade Halley Bartlett (Road House, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Miller’s Girl). Amanda Lasher (Gossip Girl, The Bold Type, Togetherness) serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Grace also executive produces along with Alex Cooper, Matt Kaplan and Mina Lefevre for Cooper’s Unwell Productions.

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