Template.game.helpers({
  Game: function () {

  var myGame = Games.findOne(
      {
        game_minutes: {$gt: MinutesSinceMidnightNow},
        court_id: court,
        game_date: {$gt: lastMidnight}
      },
      {
        sort: {game_minutes: 1}
      }
      ); // find

  console.log(myGame);

  console.log(myGame._id);

  return myGame;

 } // game function
});  //template  scoreboard.helpers

Exception in template helper: TypeError: Cannot read property '_id' of undefined

next_game = Games.find(
{
    game_minutes: {$gt: timenow}
},
{
    sort: {game_minutes: 1},
    limit: 1
});

new_games = games.fetch().filter(function(game){
    return game.game_minutes > timenow;
});

next_game = _.min(new_games, function(game){
    return game.game_minutes;
});

game = Games.findOne({game_minutes: {$gt: timenow}, [ANY OTHER FILTER]}, {sort: {game_minutes: 1}});