Power Play (1998 TV series)
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| 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 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Network | CTV |
| 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 TD Coliseum) in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]
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 release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode" | John Fawcett | Glenn Davis & William Laurin | October 15, 1998 (Canada) June 14, 1999 (UPN) |
| 2 | 2 | "Changing the Luck" | Penelope Buitenhuis | Paul Quarrington | October 22, 1998 (Canada) June 21, 1999 (UPN) |
| 3 | 3 | "All for One" | Don McBrearty | Sharon Corder & Jack Blum | October 29, 1998 |
| 4 | 4 | "Seventh Game" | John Fawcett | Julie Lacey | November 12, 1998 |
| 5 | 5 | "Off Season" | Graeme Lynch | Paul Quarrington | November 19, 1998 |
| 6 | 6 | "Brothers in Arms" | Don McBrearty | Sharon Corder & Jack Blum | November 26, 1998 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Bad Boy" | John Fawcett | Julie Lacey | December 3, 1998 |
| 8 | 8 | "Purple Hazing" | Jeff Woolnough | Story by : Phil Bedard & Larry Lalonde Teleplay by : Glenn Davis & William Laurin | January 6, 1999 |
| 9 | 9 | "Family Values" | John Fawcett | Steven Barwin & Gabriel David Tick | January 13, 1999 |
| 10 | 10 | "Pucks the Size of Beach Balls" | TW Peacocke | Phil Bedard & Larry Lalonde | January 20, 1999 |
| 11 | 11 | "High Noon" | Glenn Davis | Paul Quarrington | February 3, 1999 |
| 12 | 12 | "Dire Straits" | Richard J. Lewis | Sharon Corder & Jack Blum | February 10, 1999 |
| 13 | 13 | "Waked at the Forum" | David Wu | William Laurin & Paul Quarrington | February 17, 1999 |
Season 2: 1999–2000
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 14 | 1 | "Everything Is Broken" | David Wu | Glenn Davis & William Laurin | October 15, 1999 |
| 15 | 2 | "Resign or Re-Sign" | Richard J. Lewis | Sharon Corder & Jack Blum | October 22, 1999 |
| 16 | 3 | "Manipulation" | Geraint Wyn Davies | Paul Quarrington | October 29, 1999 |
| 17 | 4 | "Evasion" | Glenn Davis | Julie Lacey | November 12, 1999 |
| 18 | 5 | "Temptation" | Ken Girotti | Glenn Davis & William Laurin | November 19, 1999 |
| 19 | 6 | "The Truth" | Peter D. Marshall | Rhonda Olson | December 2, 1999 |
| 20 | 7 | "The Jumper" | David Wu | Paul Quarrington | December 9, 1999 |
| 21 | 8 | "The Mask" | Geraint Wyn Davies | Sharon Corder & Jack Blum | December 16, 1999 |
| 22 | 9 | "Foolish Hearts" | David Wu | Julie Lacey | January 13, 2000 |
| 23 | 10 | "The Quarter Finals" | Bert Kish | Glenn Davis & William Laurin | January 20, 2000 |
| 24 | 11 | "The Cubicle" | David Wu | Paul Quarrington | February 3, 2000 |
| 25 | 12 | "The Finals" | Glenn Davis | Glenn Davis & William Laurin & Paul Quarrington | February 10, 2000 |
| 26 | 13 | "What It All Meant" | David Wu | Glenn Davis & William Laurin | February 17, 2000 |
References
- ^ "Internet Movie Database – List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario". Retrieved 2008-01-29.
External links
- Power Play at IMDb