One of the few bits of advice Steve Yzerman imparted on Dylan Larkin was not to change. The captaincy of the Detroit Red Wings is an honor, but it’s one Larkin earned by being who he is.
In an announcement that has been awaited for a year and a half, Larkin on Wednesday was named the 37th captain in team history; he’ll debut in his new sweater Thursday when the Wings open the 2021 season before empty stands at Little Caesars Arena. Larkin has known of the news since meeting Tuesday with Yzerman, who was captain of the team for two decades and has served as its general manager since April 2019.
Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press
Published
4:39 pm UTC Jan. 4, 2021
Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press
Published
4:39 pm UTC Jan. 4, 2021
Karl Schwartz wishes he was simply chasing glory on the snowmobile racing track. Instead, in recent years, he has been forced to chase increasingly elusive cold weather.
Schwartz, of Freeland, is president of the Midwest International Racing Association, a snowmobile racing circuit operating primarily in Michigan for more than 40 years. Their weekend races draw about 100 teams, hundreds of racers and crew members, and thousands more fans, usually as part of a local community s winter festival.
But each year, as Michigan s climate changes, it s getting harder to do.