Jessi Pierce and her children NHL hockey reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children, Hudson, Cayden, and Avery, tragically lost their lives when their house caught on fire on Saturday in White Bear Lake, Minnesota . Pierce’s husband was reportedly out of town on a work trip at the time of the fire. One day before the fire, Jessi shared heartwarming photos of her children on Twitter, captioned "bag(s) secured." Jessi, 37, had contributed to NHL.com for the past ten season