Power Play is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. The series was filmed at Copps Coliseum (now TD Coliseum) in Hamilton, Ontario.
The show starred Michael Riley as Brett Parker, a former New York City sports agent who became the general manager of a (fictional) National Hockey League franchise, the Hamilton Steelheads.
One of the throughline plots of the series dealt with Parker's ongoing love–hate relationships with the sport, the team and his superior at McArdle Industries, corporate executive Colleen Blessed, played by Kari Matchett.
The cast also included Gordon Pinsent as team owner Duff McArdle, Jonathan Crombie, Jennifer Dale and Al Waxman. The show's theme song was a modernized version of the Stompin' Tom Connors classic, "The Hockey Song", performed partly by Connors himself, and then transitioning to the performance of the band Rusty.
The show was briefly aired on the United States broadcast network UPN, starting in 1999, but was pulled after two episodes. The second episode aired in the United States has the distinction of being the lowest-rated episode (since the Nielsen ratings service began in the 1950s) of any prime-time TV series ever aired by any United States network.
Cast
Main Michael Riley – Brett Parker Kari Matchett – Colleen Blessed Dean McDermott – Mark Simpson Caterina Scorsone – Michelle Parker Gordon Pinsent – Duff McArdle
Recurring Jonathan Rannells – Todd Maplethorpe Mark Lutz – Jukka Branny-Acke Krista Bridges – Rose Thorton Normand Bissonnette – Al Tremblay Lori Anne Alter – Renata D'Allesandro Greg Spottiswood – Joe Harriman Al Waxman – Lloyd Gorman Johanna Black – Andrea Stuyvesant Neil Crone – Harry Strand Jonathan Crombie – Hudson James Fiona Highet – Rayanne Simpson David Keeley – Bud Travis Jennifer Dale – Samantha Robbins Don Cherry – Jake Nelson Tanja Jacobs – SM3 Reagan Sexsmith Chris Tessaro – Marshak Rob Faulds – Play-by-Play Announcer Sean McCann – Ray Malone
All-time Hamilton Steelheads roster The following players have been seen playing for the Steelheads over the course of the series: 1 Tremblay 1 McCloud 2 Banks 3 Kudlow 4 Borden 7 Schmöckel 9 Simpson 10 Wynn 12 Sauvé 13 Bränny-Acke 14 Marshak 16 Lalonde 18 Grant 22 Maplethorpe 23 Dee 24 Stephanovic 25 St. Germaine 26 Pacelli 28 Chartraw 29 Alexander: D. Parent 30 MacDougall 32 Shipton 37 Ignarson 40 Zinoviev 44 Bedard 48 McNally 55 Gunn 75 Kerensky 75 Robinson
Episodes
Season 1 (1998–99)
Season 2: 1999–2000 No.overall No. inseason Title Directed by Written by Original air date
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