(FOX 9) – At her home in St. Paul, with multiple jerseys laid out in front of her, Marie Cooney is quick to flip them over and show off the back. “They call me spot op, so that’s been really fun.”
Cooney is all smiles as she talks of returning to the Xcel Energy Center as a spotlight operator for the Wild and, most recently, the Professional Women’s Hockey Team. “Lighting has always been my favorite.”
Nineteen years ago, inside this same arena, it was a much different story. “My friends thought I was dead,” says Cooney. CONTINUE