WARNING: THERE ARE PUCKDOKU SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT CONTINUE SCROLLING IF YOU DON’T WANT TODAY’S PUZZLE SPOILED FOR YOU.
The new game “Puckdoku” is taking the hockey world by storm. Here’s how it works. There’s a 3×3 grid, and each row and column are marked with either a team or a statistic of some sort. You have to guess players who meet the criteria for both the column and the row for the square you’re on. For example…if your square is in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ column and the St. Louis Blue row…Ryan O’Reilly would work. If it’s in the Washington Capitals column and the row says “40+ goals in a season”, Alex Ovechkin would work. You can play the daily Puckdoku puzzle here:
There’s also a rarity score in the form of a percentage next to the player you guess…the lower the percentage, the more rare the guess. Once you start getting used to the game, you want to shoot for a low rarity score.
Without further ado, here are some hints for today’s Puckdoku puzzle.
Flames/Lightning: Player won the Hart trophy and a Stanley Cup in 2004
Ducks/Lightning: Player was drafted 28th overall in 2003
Penguins/Lightning: Player rode shotgun with Sidney Crosby for most of his career
Flames/Red Wings: Player is a two-time Cup champion goalie and a Conn Smythe winner
Ducks/Red Wings: Player is one of the highest-scoring Russian forwards of all time
Penguins/Red Wings: Player was on the losing side of both Pens/Wings Cup finals in 2008 and 2009
Flames Top-10 pick: Player was a London Knight in the juniors
Ducks Top-10 pick: Player revived the Michigan move in games
Penguins Top-10 pick: Player is nicknamed “the kid”
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Flames/Lightning: Martin St. Louis
Ducks/Lightning: Corey Perry
Penguins/Lightning: Chris Kunitz
Flames/Red Wings: Mike Vernon
Ducks/Red Wings: Sergei Fedorov
Penguins/Red Wings: Marian Hossa
Flames Top-10 pick: Matthew Tkachuk
Ducks Top-10 pick: Trevor Zegras
Penguins Top-10 pick: Sidney Crosby
