Jared Spurgeon grateful to have played 1,000 games and counting for Wild

Barry Spurgeon and his wife, Debi, weren’t at their son’s first NHL game. While Jared Spurgeon suited up for the Wild on his 21st birthday, Barry and Deb were visiting Jared’s brother Tyler, who was playing hockey in Austria. But they woke up at 3 a.m. to catch Spurgeon’s debut on the computer … and have been tuning in since. “That makes our evenings,” Barry said. “We have [the NHL] Center Ice ...