Wild's Pierce, NHL Fixture, Mourned Across Hockey

The hockey world pauses to honor NHL.com's Wild beat writer Pierce, a Twin Cities legend whose voice echoed from Xcel Energy Center press boxes to every corner of the league. Players, coaches, and front-office suits who knew him from decades of scrums and deadlines share stories of a guy who bled Minnesota hockey. Tributes pour in as the community grapples with losing one of its own who covered the Wild from their expansion days through playoff heartbreaks and triumphs.