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Power Play

Season 1 1998 - 1999

  • 1998-10-15T04:00:00Z on CTV
  • 44m
  • 9h 32m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Drama
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.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1998-10-15T04:00:00Z

1x01 Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode

Series Premiere

1x01 Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode

  • 1998-10-15T04:00:00Z44m

Brett Parker returns to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, and is offered the job of general manager to the Hamilton Steelheads after the current one dies. He also tries to reconnect with his daughter.

1998-10-22T04:00:00Z

1x02 Changing the Luck

1x02 Changing the Luck

  • 1998-10-22T04:00:00Z44m

The Steelheads make it into the series, but when Brett breaks the team's lucky bottle, their luck goes from bad to worse. Mark Simpson gets a concussion and hides how bad it is from everyone.

1998-10-29T05:00:00Z

1x03 All for One

1x03 All for One

  • 1998-10-29T05:00:00Z44m

Mark continues to hide how serious his condition is from the other players, insisting he is able to play. Michelle is sentenced to community service. Bud Travis comes up from Houston to talk about buying the Steelheads.

1998-11-12T05:00:00Z

1x04 Seventh Game

1x04 Seventh Game

  • 1998-11-12T05:00:00Z44m

Brett reluctantly rehires Lloyd Gorman, whom he had previously fired for working drunk. Mark is furious when he ends up benched in the seventh game because of his concussion. Michelle is hurt while doing her community service, and Brett isn't there for her.

1998-11-19T05:00:00Z

1x05 Off Season

1x05 Off Season

  • 1998-11-19T05:00:00Z44m

Brett's fiancée Andrea comes up from New York, but when Brett heads off to the guys' cabin retreat to talk to Shakey about his contract, Andrea ends up spending all her time with Duff and Brett has an otherworldly experience that teaches him a lesson.

1998-11-26T05:00:00Z

1x06 Brothers in Arms

1x06 Brothers in Arms

  • 1998-11-26T05:00:00Z44m

Todd is initially thrilled when his brother Jeff also joins the Steelheads until the competitive nature between the two brothers takes over, and Harry Strand makes it very clear that he will only keep one of the Maplethorpe brothers. Brett has a new idea for their opening night.

1998-12-03T05:00:00Z

1x07 The Bad Boy

1x07 The Bad Boy

  • 1998-12-03T05:00:00Z44m

Brett pursues hockey bad boy Bobby Gunn in an attempt to get the Steelheads on the map, and is willing to ignore his antics until he finds out that Bobby has been dating Michelle. Bobby continues to make enemies as he turns the whole team against him.

1999-01-06T05:00:00Z

1x08 Purple Hazing

1x08 Purple Hazing

  • 1999-01-06T05:00:00Z44m

After an up and coming rookie hurts his hand in a hazing ritual, the team is desperate to cover up what happened. Unfortunately, the entire episode was witnessed by a very enterprising young fan who forces Brett to make numerous offers to keep him quiet.

1999-01-13T05:00:00Z

1x09 Family Values

1x09 Family Values

  • 1999-01-13T05:00:00Z44m

When a family-values orange juice dealer is interested in one of the Steelheads as a spokesperson, the fact that the player in question is cheating on his wife only starts the problems. Brett is forced to choose between Renata and business, with surprising results.

1x10 Pucks the Size of Beach Balls

  • 1999-01-20T05:00:00Z44m

Colleen and Brett are at odds when Brett wants to sell tickets to the luxury boxes but Colleen is desperate to keep profits down so that she will be more successful in selling the team to Bud Travis and move it to Houston.

1999-02-03T05:00:00Z

1x11 High Noon

1x11 High Noon

  • 1999-02-03T05:00:00Z44m

Brett uses his connections to have the suspension listed against American player Frank Dusky, a well known goon, so that he and Todd can have an on-ice brawl. When Rayanne's father dies and Mark chooses to play hockey rather than stay with her, it seems to be the beginning of the end for them.

1999-02-10T05:00:00Z

1x12 Dire Straits

1x12 Dire Straits

  • 1999-02-10T05:00:00Z44m

Todd can't help but second guess himself as Frank Duskey remains in a coma. Colleen and Brett go over the books and realise there is no way that they can keep the Steelheads alive unless they make some cuts, and decide that one of the team has to go.

1999-02-17T05:00:00Z

1x13 Waked at the Forum

1x13 Waked at the Forum

  • 1999-02-17T05:00:00Z44m

Colleen forces Brett to resign after she finds out what he's been up to, leaving Harry Strand as general manager of the team. Brett decides to leave town, but on his way out he has a vision. Duff's condition continues to worsen.

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