The Breakaway: The Inside Story of the Wirtz Family Business and the Chicago Blackhawks

ISBN-13: 9780810138889 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 248 str.

Bryan Smith

Opis

Penned by award-winning Chicago journalist Bryan Smith, The Breakaway 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."

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Prologue
• 1. A Legacy of Boos
• 2. Worse Than It Seemed
• 3. King Arthur
• 4. It Happens on Ice
• 5. Fathers and Sons
• 6. The Son Also Rises
• 7. Wirtz Family Values
• 8. Bill Grabs the Puck
• 9. The Penalty Box
• 10. Freefall
• 11. The Passing of Dollar Bill
• 12. Meet the New Boss
• 13. The Ex-Cub Factor
• 14. A Change of Channel
• 15. Resurrection
• 16. A Tough Call
• 17. "What It Feels Like to be a Wirtz"
• 18. What Just Happened?
• 19. The Breakaway