Every trope we publish for Sports — Hockey Romance, ranked by reader-demand mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-08-24. 1,734 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
Changing the genre and pressing Check demand reloads the trope list for that lane. 3,589 trope-and-lane readouts are published today.
| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sports Romance | 309 | 17.82% | Cooling | 91 |
| 2 | He Falls First | 106 | 6.11% | Rising | 52 |
| 3 | Fake Dating / Fake Relationship | 103 | 5.94% | Rising | 92 |
| 4 | College Romance | 94 | 5.42% | Cooling | 24 |
| 5 | Enemies to Lovers | 85 | 4.90% | Rising | 383 |
| 6 | Slow Burn | 84 | 4.84% | Rising | 296 |
| 7 | Forced Proximity | 78 | 4.50% | Rising | 758 |
| 8 | Friends to Lovers | 77 | 4.44% | Rising | 84 |
| 9 | Forbidden Romance | 65 | 3.75% | Rising | 338 |
| 10 | Second Chance | 62 | 3.58% | Holding steady | 309 |
| 11 | Grumpy Sunshine | 61 | 3.52% | Rising | 227 |
| 12 | Found Family | 39 | 2.25% | Rising | 345 |
| 13 | Brother's Best Friend | 31 | 1.79% | Holding steady | 65 |
| 14 | Reverse Harem / Why Choose | 28 | 1.61% | Not called | 88 |
| 15 | Opposites Attract | 28 | 1.61% | Not called | 122 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.