The Chicago Blackhawks have been a professional hockey franchise for 100 years. Since 1950, one family has been front and center with the team.

The Wirtz family was given the keys after Arthur Wirtz bought a stake in the Hawks in 1950 and acquired ownership 16 years later via the Wirtz Corp. Bill Wirtz took over the team in 1983 upon Arthur’s death and remained in control until his death in 2007, when Rocky Wirtz became chairman.

Rocky was responsible for turning around an Original Six franchise that had become the punching bag of the NHL. And under his leadership, the Hawks won three Stanley Cup titles behind two certain Hall of Famers in Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.

His son, Danny, was the next man up in the Wirtz legacy after Rocky’s death in 2023 . The inheritance of the franc

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