Wild GM Bill Guerin calls writer Jessi Pierce a 'ray of sunshine' after heartbreaking death involving her kids

Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin joined those successful the hockey assemblage mourning the nonaccomplishment of beloved hockey writer Jessi Pierce and her 3 young children successful a tragic location occurrence connected Saturday. 

Guerin spoke with reporters, wherever helium called Pierce, a Wild newsman for NHL.com, a "ray of sunshine," and couldn’t incorporate however "devastated" helium was for her household and friends. 

"Words conscionable can’t explicit however devastated we each are," Guerin said.  "But, arsenic I mentioned to immoderate of you the different night, it doesn’t substance if you’re successful the media, if you’re a player, if you’re successful management, a coach, we are each successful the sports satellite and the hockey satellite and we’re each successful this together. 

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Jessi Pierce, left, covered the Minnesota Wild. (Minnesota Wild/AP)

Guerin spoke to what it was similar interacting with Pierce connected the job. 

"Jessi was ever happy, ever successful a bully mood, ever a pleasance to woody with for me, and we’ll miss her," helium explained. "The large happening astir our assemblage is it doesn’t substance what portion of it you’re successful – media, player, coach, manager – we’re each successful this unneurotic and we enactment each other. 

"I conscionable privation you guys to cognize that we’re present for you and thing that we tin perchance bash for you guys to assistance done the pugnacious times, we’re present for you."

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Pierce covered the Wild for 10 seasons with NHL.com, impacting not conscionable Guerin and the beforehand office, but players arsenic well. Wild guardant Marcus Foligno told reporters that the full squad was "devastated" to perceive the quality of Pierce, saying they volition "miss her astir the rink for sure."

Pierce was known to bring her children to work, which Wild skipper Jared Spurgeon pointed out. 

"If you ever met her, you conscionable consciousness the vigor astir her," helium said. "Every clip she was successful here, she had a grin connected her face, whether it’s talking astir the crippled astatine manus oregon conscionable younker sports. 

Minnesota Wild wide manager Bill Guerin is introduced anterior to the crippled against the Montreal Canadiens astatine Grand Casino Arena connected Feb. 2, 2026 successful Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI)

"I retrieve erstwhile she would bring the kids into the dressing country and bash an interrogation holding [her son]. It’s precise hard quality to take."

Pierce besides had her enactment featured successful The Athletic, B1G Ice Hockey blog, the Minnesota Hockey Journal, and Massachusetts Hockey. 

The incidental involving Pierce and her children occurred successful White Bear Lake, Minnesota, occurrence officials said. The White Bear Lake Fire Department responded to a study of a occurrence astatine a single-family location aboriginal Saturday morning. 

Bystanders reported seeing flames travel done the roof, according to FOX 9. Fire crews besides located the family’s dog, who besides died successful the fire.

Minnesota Wild wide manager Bill Guerin talks with the media astir trading for Quinn Hughes anterior to the crippled against the Ottawa Senators astatine Grand Casino Arena connected Dec. 13, 2025 successful Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI)

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"The Minnesota Wild enactment is heartbroken by the tragic nonaccomplishment of Jessi Pierce and her children," the Wild said successful a statement. "Jessi was a kind, compassionate idiosyncratic that cared profoundly astir her household and those astir her. She served arsenic a dedicated ambassador for the crippled of hockey during her clip covering the Wild and the NHL.

"Jessi and her children volition beryllium greatly missed. Our thoughts and deepest condolences spell retired to their family, friends, and each who knew and loved them."

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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