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BarDown's Winnipeg visit finds Mercer making the homecoming count

Connor Hellebuyck sits out, but Dawson Mercer's hat trick gives the arena vlog a different centerpiece.

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I WENT TO CONNOR HELLEBUYCK’S FIRST GAME BACK IN WINNIPEG

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0:14Outside Canada Life Centre, the host explains that Hellebuyck will not start against Winnipeg.
0:45Jets and Devils supporters give their reactions before entering the arena.
1:38The Devils take the ice for warmups to loud boos from the home crowd.
4:12Dawson Mercer opens the scoring against his former team.
5:38Concourse interviews capture supporters' accounts of the atmosphere during intermission.
8:12The decisive late-game sequence begins, with Mercer's night taking another turn.

BarDown went to Winnipeg expecting to watch Connor Hellebuyck in the crease against his former team. Instead, the goaltender got the night off, leaving the host to document a reception that was anything but subdued.

"I WENT TO CONNOR HELLEBUYCK'S FIRST GAME BACK IN WINNIPEG" moves from conversations with Jets and Devils supporters outside Canada Life Centre to boos during warmups and chants heard from the press box. The host's verdict on the pregame scene: "Guys, that was the craziest warmup I think I've ever seen."

There is hockey beyond the noise, and Dawson Mercer supplies the satisfying parallel: another player facing his former team, only this one is on the ice. He opens the scoring for Winnipeg, then finishes with a hat trick as the Jets win. In the comments, Mercer's contribution becomes a talking point of its own, including appreciation from a Devils supporter who remembers his time in New Jersey.

The vlog reached roughly 70,000 views in twelve hours, making it the most-watched of BarDown's ten new uploads and its strongest source of daily viewing right now. Elsewhere, Jesse, Poc, Luca and card expert Matthew opened packs Jesse had left untouched for years in "WE OPENED $3,000 WORTH OF HOCKEY CARDS!" A separate clip celebrates a Celebrini Young Guns rookie pull.

BarDown added about 1,000 subscribers over the week. Daily views are running above their usual level, as they are for nearby sports channels Mina Kimes - ESPN and We Need To Talk. Back on BarDown, the odd-one-out game with Sam and Jeff and the older "DO LEAFS PLAYERS KNOW PUCK?" keep the trivia side of the channel active alongside the arena visit.

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What viewers say

devils fan here, jets deserved the win. was even cheering them on at times. glad to see mercer being appreciated by a fanbase because i know a lot of people didn’t give him the respect here that he actually deserved
@dean7064See it on YouTube
Dawson Mercer made it way better tonight lol
@BrianLitkeSee it on YouTube
It was legendary in there. So proud of our local fans. It’s hilarious that you keep focusing on our section in the 300s. 😂 Super game
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