Jessi Pierce, a reporter for the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, has died in a house fire in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, along with her three children. “The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children.

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