Power Play (1998 TV series)

For other television shows with the title Power Play, see Power play.

Power Play
Created by	Glenn Davis William Laurin
Starring	Michael Riley Kari Matchett Dean McDermott Caterina Scorsone Gordon Pinsent
Opening theme	"The Hockey Song" performed by Stompin' Tom Connors
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Glenn Davis Robert Lantos
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	CTV Originals N.D.G Productions Serendipity Point Films Alliance Atlantis
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	October 15, 1998 (1998-10-15) – February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17)

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 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode"	John Fawcett	Glenn Davis & William Laurin	October 15, 1998 (1998-10-15) (Canada) June 14, 1999 (1999-06-14) (UPN)
2	2	"Changing the Luck"	Unknown	Unknown	October 22, 1998 (1998-10-22) (Canada) June 21, 1999 (1999-06-21) (UPN)
3	3	"All for One"	Don McBrearty	Sharon Corder & Jack Blum	October 29, 1998 (1998-10-29)
4	4	"Seventh Game"	John Fawcett	Julie Lacey	November 12, 1998 (1998-11-12)
5	5	"Off Season"	Unknown	Unknown	November 19, 1998 (1998-11-19)
6	6	"Brothers in Arms"	Unknown	Unknown	November 26, 1998 (1998-11-26)
7	7	"The Bad Boy"	Unknown	Unknown	December 3, 1998 (1998-12-03)
8	8	"Purple Hazing"	Unknown	Unknown	January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)
9	9	"Family Values"	Unknown	Unknown	January 13, 1999 (1999-01-13)
10	10	"Pucks the Size of Beach Balls"	Unknown	Unknown	January 20, 1999 (1999-01-20)
11	11	"High Noon"	Unknown	Unknown	February 3, 1999 (1999-02-03)
12	12	"Dire Straits"	Unknown	Unknown	February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)
13	13	"Waked at the Forum"	Unknown	Unknown	February 17, 1999 (1999-02-17)

Season 2: 1999–2000

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Everything Is Broken"	David Wu	Glenn Davis & William Laurin	October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15)
15	2	"Resign or Re-Sign"	Richard J. Lewis	Sharon Corder & Jack Blum	October 22, 1999 (1999-10-22)
16	3	"Manipulation"	Unknown	Unknown	October 29, 1999 (1999-10-29)
17	4	"Evasion"	Unknown	Unknown	November 12, 1999 (1999-11-12)
18	5	"Temptation"	Unknown	Unknown	November 19, 1999 (1999-11-19)
19	6	"The Truth"	Unknown	Unknown	December 2, 1999 (1999-12-02)
20	7	"The Jumper"	Unknown	Unknown	December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09)
21	8	"The Mask"	Unknown	Unknown	December 16, 1999 (1999-12-16)
22	9	"Foolish Hearts"	Unknown	Unknown	January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13)
23	10	"The Quarter Finals"	Unknown	Unknown	January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20)
24	11	"The Cubicle"	Unknown	Unknown	February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03)
25	12	"The Finals"	Unknown	Unknown	February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10)
26	13	"What It All Meant"	Unknown	Unknown	February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17)

External links

• Power Play at IMDb