The break away : the inside story of the Wirtz family business and the Chicago Blackhawks / Bryan Smith ; foreword by Tony Esposito.

[The book] tells the remarkable story of how Rocky Wirtz, scion of a Chicago business and sports dynasty, defied his family and skeptics to take the Chicago Blackhawks from "worst to first." "Breakaway (noun): 1. Ice hockey. A sudden rush down the ice by a [hockey] player or players in an attempt to...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Second to none: Chicago stories.
Main Author: Smith, Bryan, 1961- (Author)
Other Authors: Esposito, Tony (Hockey player) (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2018]
Series:Second to none: Chicago stories.
Subjects:
Wurtz family.
Wirtz, Rocky, > 1952-
Chicago Blackhawks (Hockey team)
Businesspeople > Biography.
Hockey team owners > Biography.
Businesspeople.
Hockey team owners.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xv, 205 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Breakaway
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / by Tony Esposito
  • Prologue: A good burger
  • A legacy of boos
  • Worse than it seemed
  • King Arthur
  • "Real estate, skates, and fists"
  • Fathers and sons
  • The son also rises
  • Wirtz family values
  • Bill grabs the puck
  • The penalty box
  • Free fall
  • The passing of Dollar Bill
  • Meet the new boss
  • The ex-Cub factor
  • A change of channel
  • Resurrection
  • A tough call
  • What it feels like to be a Wirtz
  • What just happened?
  • The breakaway.