CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

BY MATT CARLSON

NHL VALUATIONS $1.875B FORBES $1.84B SPORTICO $2.25B ROUSTAN OWNERSHIP DANNY Wirtz DANNY WIRTZ, THE chairman and CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks, said he “sort of left his body” when the team won the 2023 draft lottery and the chance to select Connor Bedard first overall. “If you were anywhere near my vicinity, you got the biggest hug of your life,” said Wirtz, who was at the United Center that night. “Just pure exuberance.” Wirtz, 46, oversees the Blackhawks as their collaborative and engaged fourth-generation family owner. Last summer, he took over an Original Six franchise that’s rebuilding on the ice and evolving as a business off of it as it approaches its 100th anniversary. Wirtz has controlled the Blackhawks and the family-owned parent company, the Wirtz Corporation, since the death of his father, William Rockwell ‘Rocky’ Wirtz, in…

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