Article: Power play: putting drama on ice.

HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA

Saturday evening in front of the TV watching the "good old hockey game" is a cornerstone of the Canadian experience. It ranks right up there with beer, doughnut shops and cold weather. CBC's Hockey Night in Canada (on-air since 1952) remains one of the only Canadian programs in English Canada to regularly make the Top 10 most-watched programs in any given year. Certainly, the love of the game inspired writers/producers William Laurin and Glenn Davis to create their new CTV television drama, Power Play. "We have an obsession with the game of hockey," admits Laurin, sitting in a production office surrounded by table-top hockey games, pairs of ...

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