{"id":558037,"date":"2026-03-23T00:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558037\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T00:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T00:44:08","slug":"nhl-reporter-jessi-pierce-and-her-three-children-dead-in-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558037\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children dead in house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessi Pierce, a beloved hockey reporter in Minnesota, and her three children died in a house fire on Saturday, the NHL confirmed. She was 37.<\/p>\n

The early morning fire in Minnesota\u2019s White Bear Lake led to the deaths of one adult and three children, the local fire department told Fox 9<\/a>, though they did not confirm the victims\u2019 identities.<\/p>\n

A neighbor described the horrific scene when rescuers arrived, and she awoke in the pre-dawn dark to witness Pierce\u2019s home engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were sleeping. By the time the cops woke us, it was like a tornado of smoke,\u201d Julie Andrus told The Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d the NHL said in a statement. \u201cJessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly.\u201d<\/p>\n

NHL reporter Jessi Pierce was killed in a house fire along with her children Saturday. Instagram\/jessip224<\/p>\n

Jessi Pierce covered the Minnesota Wild for the last 10 years. Instagram\/jessip224<\/p>\n

The White Bear Lake FD responded to reports of a fire before 5:30 a.m. Saturday after neighbors called 911, and firefighters \u201cfound a fully involved structure fire,\u201d per Fox 9.<\/p>\n

A deceased dog was also found at the scene. Michael Russo, who covers hockey for The Athletic, identified the kids as Hudson, Cayden and Avery and said Pierce was survived by her husband, Mike in a tribute on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pierce shared photos on X Friday from her trip to the \u201cCup and Cone\u201d ice cream shop in White Bear Lake with her children.<\/p>\n

Pierce had covered the Minnesota Wild for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons. She also spent time working for the team and previously wrote for The Athletic. She was a co-host of the Bardown Beauties podcast.<\/p>\n

The Iowa State grad also wrote for USA Hockey, the Minnesota Hockey Journal and Massachusetts Hockey, among other publications, per NHL.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minnesota Wild organization is heartbroken by the tragic loss of Jessi Pierce and her children,\u201d the Wild said in a statement. \u201cJessi was a kind, compassionate person that cared deeply about her family and those around her. She served as a dedicated ambassador for the game of hockey during her time covering the Wild and the NHL. Jessi and her children will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to their family, friends, and all who knew and loved them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his lengthy X post, Russo recalled Pierce\u2019s passion for journalism. <\/p>\n

The White Bear Lake Fire Department responded to reports of a blaze early Saturday morning after neighbors called 911. FOX9<\/p>\n

Another view of the house White Bear Lake firefighters responded to on Saturday. FOX9<\/p>\n

\u201cJessi Pierce (Hinrichs) was the most vibrant person \u2013 the life of the party, always with a smile on her face, always bringing a passion to every article and podcast and interview she did. Jessi simply loved covering the Wild and hockey throughout Minnesota and had a way of brightening everyone\u2019s day with her upbeat, bubbly personality. I have literally NEVER met anybody that had a way of being EVERYBODY\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than anything, she absolutely loved Hudson, Cayden and Avery and was the greatest mother who did everything she could to bring joy to her sweetest kids. Even at Friday\u2019s practice in her beloved Iowa State sweatshirt, she was so excited to take them to the seasonal opening of Cup and Cone in WBL. Seeing those precious pics yesterday, she provided them with another incredibly fun and loving day. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart breaks for Mike for the loss of his wife and children and Jessi\u2019s family, friends and colleagues for this unimaginable loss. This hockey community lost a wonderful, energetic and one of a kind voice and story teller and Grade A person. Life can be unbearably unfair sometimes, and it\u2019s impossible to make sense of this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessi Pierce, a beloved hockey reporter in Minnesota, and her three children died in a house fire on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,45622,5387,7524,575,85,5999],"class_list":["post-558037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fires","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-sports-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}