A Wild homecoming for a soldier

We don’t easily tire of reunions of servicepeople.

At Xcel Center on Tuesday night, Jamie Jenn of Crystal thought she was taking part in an intermission contest, guessing what player Erik Haula said was the biggest surprise in Minnesota. She guessed it was “the size of the Mall of America.”

She was wrong. It was her husband, Nick, who’s been stationed in Kuwait.

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Your 1st photo of #mnwild #surprisehomecoming pic.twitter.com/fc39qGg3dC

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 12, 2014

Stick taps for all involved.

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.