Tim Breslin

As a member of the Wolves, Breslin was highly involved in charitable activities which led to him winning IHL Man of the Year honors in the 1996–97 season.

[3] He learned the game while playing with his brothers on a frozen pond near the family home and on a backyard rink his father made.

[3][5] Breslin joined the Fighting Saints for his high school senior year and played an additional season after graduation.

[5] His performance in Dubuque helped earn a scholarship to Lake Superior State University (LSSU).

[6] In his freshman season with the Lakers, Breslin contributed 6 goals and 20 points, as LSSU finished first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA).

[7][8] Advancing to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the Lakers defeated Merrimack College and University of Maine to reach the championship game.

[7] LSSU finished second in the CCHA and in the 1989 NCAA Tournament they lost to eventual national champion Harvard in the quarterfinals.

[7] The Lakers again finished second in the CCHA, and in the 1990 NCAA Tournament they advanced to the quarterfinals for the second straight year where they were defeated by national champion runner-up Colgate.

[15] Playing on a line with future National Hockey League (NHL) player Doug Weight, Breslin had a break-out season.

[20] Breslin failed to make the team and Los Angeles assigned him to their International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate the Phoenix Roadrunners.

He returned to play just three weeks after the injury, but eventually re-broke the arm and missed the remainder of the season.

[5] In the summer Breslin joined the Chicago Cheetahs of the Roller Hockey International (RHI) league for the 1994 season.

In the final minutes of the game, Breslin added an insurance empty net goal giving the Wolves a 4–2 victory.

[7] The series eventually went to a seventh and deciding game that the Wolves won 3–0 to capture the franchise's first Turner Cup.

[7][34] Not a big player, standing six feet tall weighing 180 pounds, he played a gritty, physical, brand of hockey primary in a checking line role.

[25] Former Wolves General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said of Breslin, "You could always count on Tim to come and compete every night and do what was needed for the team to win".

Head coach Anderson once stated, "He is the kind of player who maybe isn't in the very upper echelon in skill factor, but his dedication and hard work make up for that.

The Extra Effort program was started at Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison, where Jami was a teacher.

Each month the program gave both a male and a female student four tickets to a Wolves game and a gift bag.

[4][46] The Wolves honored Breslin by wearing a helmet sticker shaped like a shamrock with his initials inside of it for the 2004–05 season.

[47] As a way of helping his family financially, the Wolves and Chicago Blackhawks put on a charity game called the "Breslin Cup".