Power Play (television series)
| Power Play | |
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| Created by | Glenn Davis William Laurin |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "The Hockey Song" Performed by Stompin' Tom Connors |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Glenn Davis Robert Lantos |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CTV Originals N.D.G Productions Serendipity Point Films Alliance Atlantis |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Original release | October 15, 1998 – February 17, 2000 |
Power Play is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. The series was filmed at Copps Coliseum (now FirstOntario Centre) 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 US network UPN, starting in 1999, but was pulled after just two episodes. The second episode aired in the US 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 US network.
The following players have been seen playing for the Steelheads over the course of the series:
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