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 cast also included Gordon Pinsent as team owner Duff McArdle, Jonathan Crombie, Jennifer Dale and Al Waxman. 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 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.
The series was filmed at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Power Play was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000.
