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. You can play the game for yourself here.
Wild/Panthers: He has two brothers who also play in the league
Avalanche/Panthers: He was a college teammate of Jack Eichel
Blues/Panthers: He’s a two-time all-star defenceman and won a Stanley Cup with the Blues
Wild/Predators: He and Zach Parise signed identical contracts with the Wild on the same day
Avalanche/Predators: He was originally a top-three pick of the Avalanche
Blues/Predators: He was on the team that got the Maple Leafs out of the first round for the first time in 19 years
Wild/20+ playoff points career: He spent the first seven years of his career with the New Jersey Devils
Avalanche/20+ playoff points career: He has 1641 points through 1378 career games, all with the same franchise
Blues/20+ playoff points career: His father was nicknamed “The Golden Jet”
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Wild/Panthers: Eric Staal
Avalanche/Panthers: Evan Rodrigues
Blues/Panthers: Jay Bouwmeester
Wild/Predators: Ryan Suter
Avalanche/Predators: Matt Duchene
Blues/Predators: Ryan O’Reilly
Wild/20+ playoff points career: Zach Parise
Avalanche/20+ playoff points career: Joe Sakic
Blues/20+ playoff points career: Brett Hull
