Power Play
Power Play was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. The series was filmed at Copps 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 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 of any prime-time TV series ever aired by any US network.
Released: 1998-10-15
Genre:Drama
Casts:Meg Ryan , Hugh Jackman , Liev Schreiber , Breckin Meyer , Natasha Lyonne , Bradley Whitford , Paxton Whitehead , Spalding Gray , Josh Stamberg , Matthew Sussman , Philip Bosco , Stephanie Sanditz , Charlotte Ayanna , Andrew Jack , Stan Tracy , Kristen Schaal , William Sanford , Arthur J. Nascarella , Robert Ray Manning Jr. , Roma Torre , Viola Davis , Ray Seiden , Jonathan Fried , Francis Dumaurier , Cole Hawkins , Stephanie Montalvo , Ebony Jo-Ann , George Hahn , Joseph Mosso , Cornelius Byrne , Chazz Menendez , Brandon Parrish , Ginger Britt Daniels , Martha Madison , Nai Yuan Hu , Michael Shelle , Matt Beisner , Bill Corsair , John Rothman , Dennis Rees , Michael Cassady , Brian Letscher , Meg Gibson , Kevin Daniels , Henry Boyle , Russell Di Perna , Frank Arcuri , Andrea Barnes , Del Pentecost , Domenick Lombardozzi , Craig Bierko , James Mangold , David Aaron Baker , Shalom Harlow , Eddie Marrero , Todd Poudrier , Colby Ryan , Jorjeana Marie , Diana Brownstone , Peggy Flood
Director:James Mangold