A few weeks ago, after a Wild game, I met a sweet woman at Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub named Lori Luoma, who was so excited to meet me because it gave her a chance to pitch story ideas.

She’s a big Wild fan, but also a fan of the Coyotes. She asked me to do a story on Peter Mueller because I was about to head to Phoenix with the Wild. I told her Patrick Reusse did a Mueller piece last year, so I’d probably wait to do another. I said, “I’ll give you a sneak preview, but I’ve been waiting to do a pretty neat Kyle Turris-Colton Gillies piece because they’re best friends.” She then pitched me a Daniel Winnik story. I told her she’s a great editor, but my editor probably wouldn’t go for a bunch of Coyotes features.

It was a pretty funny conversation, and it ended with her saying, “I can’t tell you how much I love your blog.”

Anyway, I just received this email I thought I’d share with the Russoville community:

Hi,

    My friend Lori Luoma met you recently- you may remember the conversation.  She really is a huge Wild fan, despite her love of the Coyotes.  However the Xcel Center will be minus one fan in the future because last week she arrived in Phoenix to attend a few games with me and a few other friends … and as we were leaving the game on Saturday night, Lori suddenly suffered a major brain hemorrhage.  She is in ICU on life support with absolutely no hope of surviving.  As many people have pointed out, at least the last thing she did was something she loved.  It all started as a child going to Bulldog games at UMD (Norm Maciver was her favorite) and ended with her being a dedicated Wild Season Ticket Holder who attended all the games and just about every event.

Thanks for your time,
Audrey Campbell

I just thought I should share that with everybody. Just another reminder to not sweat the small stuff. Life is too short.

Please keep Lori in your thoughts and prayers.

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