Video taking off 23x its usual first day

Jacob Fowler sends Jake Neighbours' stick flying

The NHL's breakout Short turns a loose stick into a confrontation, with viewers joking about the goalie's helpful housekeeping.

Channel:

NHL Story of October 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 581,569 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (25,569).

Like a bad Neighbor 😈

Jacob Fowler spots a Blues stick on the ice, picks it up and flings it toward the blue line. Its owner, St. Louis forward Jake Neighbours, would apparently have preferred a different return service.

Neighbours heads toward the Montreal Canadiens goalie, and officials step between them. Then comes the replay, giving the stick's flight another airing. There is no goal to dissect here: the equipment disposal is the highlight.

Posted on the NHL's channel, the Short drew roughly 580,000 views in its first day, more than twenty times the league's usual start for this format. The comment section is busy turning Fowler's toss into an act of courtesy. Viewers joke that he was returning equipment to the Blues bench or simply keeping his workspace tidy; another compares his throwing technique to a left-handed disc-golf shot.

An equipment mishap also gives the league another unusually well-watched Short from the same day. In that clip, a puck sent around the boards finds the camera hole instead, with the broadcast crew joking that such accuracy ought to earn a free car.

Published on Trari

Where next?

Also in American sports leagues and mediaVideo taking off 11x its usual first dayBrewers fan's armchair celebration captures the end of a long waitMLB's home-video Short passes a million views as Milwaukee celebrates its first World Series championship.Channel: MLB · Story of October 31, 2026

A different discovery todayVideo taking off 47x its usual first dayDiane Sawyer's Patrick Stewart interview closes World News TonightThe October 29 edition also covers Alaska's Senate probes and a Pentagon firing, but its comment section belongs largely to the actor.Channel: ABC News · Story of October 31, 2026

What viewers say

He was just throwing it back to the blues bench for them, what a nice guy
@ryandavie2999See it on YouTube
Don't know if any of you have played disc golf before but the goalies throw was perfect as a lefty 😂
@JackRLong12See it on YouTube
Hey that's a fowl...
No that's Fowler...
@SpacebarWASDSee it on YouTube

5 more comments

Looks to me that he was helping the blues clean up their sticks 😊. Such a gentlemen.
@marcb8539See it on YouTube
Just trying to keep his area clean from clutters 😂
@cheshiremareSee it on YouTube
I love having a feisty goalie tandem
@MaddiewashereSee it on YouTube
Fowler is already my favorite goalie in the NHL and I'm not even a Canadiens fan
@zachjeaurond4911See it on YouTube
Anytime a stick is on the ice, I like to push it just out of reach. I think that’s more annoying than yeeting it across the rink.
@FinkleKJ5See it on YouTube