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.
Season 2 Episodes
Brett's world is falling apart as Colleen turns on him after she decides he seduced her to get his job back, Michelle an…
The government is confused to learn that the Steelheads they have just bought up are a hockey team, and not salmon. Bret…
Duff and Colleen don't like it when the government decides to run the Steelheads their way, even though Strand seems to …
Brett doesn't want people to know that he is sleeping with Rose, so he tries to keep it quiet as Renata tries to put an …
Brett is shocked when Michelle comes back from England married to the much older Hudson James, whom Rose discovers is no…
Hudson tips Brett off that Todd is looking for a new agent, but both men are soon fighting over who will get to represen…
Rose gets jealous and possessive when she realises that there is more to Colleen and Brett than just a working relations…
When the government decides to enact an equal opportunity ruling on new hires, the entire team is left questioning what …
Heading into the last regular season game against Detroit, turmoil jeopardizes the Steelheads post-season chances. Team…
In the quarter-finals against Philadelphia, off-ice battles over the ownership of the club threaten to distract the play…
Rose Thorton writes a story in the Spectator about an unnamed gay Steelhead player that causes tension as the team heads…
As Duff continues to prepare for his wedding to Samantha, Colleen gets the proof that she needs that Samantha is the one…
Brett's life falls apart as Colleen dumps him after he has Rose fired for threatening to reveal Duff's disappearance, Re…
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