Breakaway Wisdom is a compilation of interviews with the head coaches of Hockey East, one of six men's Division 1 college hockey conferences in the United States. Each coach was assigned a specific topic of a success concept, and each coach was asked to impart his wisdom on each topic from a hockey coaching perspective, and then from a personal perspective. The author concludes each chapter with his own personal interpretation of what the concept means to him from personal experience. The final chapter is an overall synthesized recap of the work.