Connor Hellebuyck gets a hostile Winnipeg welcome during warmups
DAZN SPORT's brief rinkside clip puts the crowd, rather than the hockey, at the center of his return.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 61,083 views a day, 67 times a normal first day on this channel (908).
Not the warmest welcome for Connor Hellebuyck as he returns to Winnipeg 😬
Connor Hellebuyck stretches near the red line while players skate past, but the loudest action is coming from the stands. Winnipeg fans direct a repeated taunt at the visiting goaltender before the game has even begun.
DAZN SPORT's Short, titled "Not the warmest welcome for Connor Hellebuyck as he returns to Winnipeg 😬", drew an estimated 61,000 views in its first day. The channel's usual Short draws fewer than a thousand over that period, making this an unusually busy start for a few seconds of warmups.
Hellebuyck won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender with Winnipeg in 2020. Here, the camera catches a much less celebratory reception, with New Jersey Devils players on the ice and Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey skating through the frame.
The comments debate whether the reception was justified, while one viewer asks for the backstory. DAZN SPORT credits the rinkside footage to ICdave on X.
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What viewers say
Backstory for a non devils fan plz and thnks
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- Channel
- DAZN SPORT
- Subscribers
- 1,680,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 203,004
- Channel views, pace per day
- 62,546 (on a normal day: 25,699)
- Video published
- November 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 72,250 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 64,926
The numbers
The warmup clip stands well above DAZN SPORT's usual first-day reach for Shorts.
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What position does Connor Hellebuyck play?
Hellebuyck is a goaltender, shown stretching on the ice during the pregame warmup.


