Heated Rivalry Season 2 has cast a major antagonist from Rachel Reid's Game Changers hockey universe, but with a huge twist.Crave and HBO Max's breakout queer hockey series, which is currently in production for Season 2 in Canada, has added six new actors to its cast, including David Tomlinson (Fellow Travelers) as Cody Kent. While Tomlinson was photographed on set just a few days ago, Crave has finally confirmed his casting as Cody Kent via a social media post.Tomlinson's character's last name might ring a bell for seasoned Rachel Reid readers. Fans were spot on in speculating that Tomlinson would play Dallas Kent in Heated Rivalry Season 2. However, there's a twist. Dallas has been renamed Cody Kent, and eagle-eyed fans quickly took notice.A Reddit user had strong feelings about the rename and thinks that Dallas works better:"Yeah, I don’t like it tbh. I know that in Jacob we trust and all, but Dallas works better!"Heated Rivalry Season 2 renames a key antagonist View this post on Instagram Instagram PostDallas Kent's casting was highly anticipated for Heated Rivalry Season 2. For the uninitiated, Dallas is a centre for the fictional NHL team, the Toronto Guardian, and a key antagonist in Rachel Reid's fictional hockey book series. Dallas is primarily introduced in Tough Guy as an aggressive, homophobic, and s*xist bully who constantly tormented his teammate Ryan Price.Dallas was also best friends with Troy Barrett (Charlie Gillespie) until the former's s*xual assault allegations led to their highly publicized falling out and resulted in Troy's trade from the Toronto Guardians to the Ottawa Centaurs.While neither creator Jacob Tierney nor executive producer Brendan Brady has revealed the reason behind this rename in Heated Rivalry Season 2, this Reddit user has an interesting theory:"It’s probably a clearance issue with a real person, those sort of things don’t matter in books as much as in movies - legal depts in movies get hyper about name clearances."Some book readers are divided over the name change and feel Dallas Kent is more suited for an aggressive character."It's not doing it for me, Dallas sounds like so much more of a pretentious a**hole frat boy hockey player than... Cody." wrote one user."Same, Cody has less of a villain ring to it than Dallas." agreed another user."They definitely didn’t pick a name d**chey enough. I like Cody." commented another userWho are the new additions to the Heated Rivalry Season 2 cast? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostIn addition to David Tomlinson, Heated Rivalry Season 2 has cast Brendan Morgan as Zane Boodram, Gerry Dee as Coach Cooper, Michelle Mylett as Lisa, Lauren Chan as Gen, and Nick Stahl as Curtis Barrett.The new additions will join the series' lead stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, who will reprise their respective characters, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov. Additional returning stars for Season 2 include François Arnaud, Robbie G.K., Sophie Nélisse, Christina Chang, Dylan Walsh, Callan Potter and Benjamin Roy.Daniel Diemer, Shaheen Jafargholi, Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Priyanka, Robert Naylor, Justice Smith and Sabrina Jalees have also joined the upcoming season.Heated Rivalry Season 2 will primarily adapt Reid's The Long Game and some plotlines from Role Model and Tough Guy. While Shane and Ilya accepted their feelings for one another in the Season 1 finale, the upcoming season will test their love and commitment.Crave has not yet unveiled the release date for the show's second season. You can stream Heated Rivalry Season 1 on HBO Max in the USA.For the latest scoops on your favorite TV shows and movies, follow SoapCentral.