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

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Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin joined those in the hockey community mourning the loss of beloved hockey writer Jessi Pierce and her three young children in a tragic house fire on Saturday. 

Guerin spoke with reporters when he called Pierce, a Wild reporter for NHL.com, a "ray of sunshine" and couldn’t contain how "devastated" he was for her family and friends. 

"Words just can’t express how devastated we all are," Guerin said.  "But, as I mentioned to some of you the other night, it doesn’t matter if you’re in the media, if you’re a player, if you’re in management, a coach, we are all in the sports world and the hockey world, and we’re all in this together."

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

Guerin spoke to what it was like interacting with Pierce on the job. 

"Jessi was always happy, always in a good mood, always a pleasure to deal with for me, and we’ll miss her," he explained. "The great thing about our community is it doesn’t matter what part of it you’re in – media, player, coach, manager – we’re all in this together and we support each other. 

"I just want you guys to know that we’re here for you and anything that we can possibly do for you guys to help through the tough times, we’re here for you."

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Pierce covered the Wild for 10 seasons with NHL.com, impacting not just Guerin and the front office, but players as well. Wild forward Marcus Foligno told reporters that the whole team was "devastated" to hear the news of