Never mind football. The Detroit Red Wings announced their dates for training camp, a sure sign of fall.
The Wings will again be embedded in Traverse City in their first formal get-together of the 2023-24 season, keeping up with a tradition begun by then-coach Scotty Bowman in the fall of 1997, when he brought the defending Stanley Cup champions to the scenic city beside Grand Traverse Bay.
The on-ice activities for the whole team commence Sept. 21 and run daily through Sept. 25, highlighted by the annual Red and White scrimmage Sept. 24.