Dallas Stars' cross-rink shooting drill gets a closer look
DraftKings' fast-starting practice clip has viewers looking beyond the shooter to the player stationed near the net.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 86,684 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (6,105).
Dallas Stars Player Makes INSANE Long-Distance Hockey Shots 😳🏒
A row of pucks waits beside the boards, and a Dallas Stars player works through it, sending shots toward the net at the far end of the rink. Another player stands in front of that net, a detail that becomes central to the conversation beneath DraftKings' clip.
The Short drew an estimated 87,000 views in its first day, roughly fourteen times the channel's usual start for the format. DraftKings credits the footage to the Dallas Stars and NHL; this is a practice highlight, not a game sequence.
Its title emphasizes long-distance shooting, but several viewers focus on deflections: getting a stick onto an incoming puck and directing it into the goal. Others point out the missing complication of a defender trying to move that player out of the way. One viewer sets a more modest personal ambition, simply making contact with the puck.
That gives this brief drill something more specific than a discussion of shooting accuracy. The comments turn attention toward the work at the receiving end, where a small change in a puck's direction can make the difference.
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What viewers say
Id be happy to just hit the puck with the stick
@Lord_Meowington08See it on YouTubeThey are practicing deflections.
@dougmarshall4010See it on YouTubeNow do this while getting cross checked in the back by the defender 😂
@carlosp8697See it on YouTube
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That can't be that easy! ;D
@jukkar6193See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- DraftKings
- Subscribers
- 236,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,054,124
- Channel views, pace per day
- 215,737 (on a normal day: 243,856)
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 139,063 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 137,290
The numbers
The hockey Short ran far above DraftKings' usual first-day views. Comments also arrived at more than five times the channel's usual pace.
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