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The NHL<\/a> is grieving the death of reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children from a house fire in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Pierce, 37, covered the Wild<\/a> as a correspondent for NHL.com<\/a> for the past decade and was a prominent podcaster among several other roles she held in sports media in the Twin Cities area.<\/p>\n

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