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.
Rangers/Senators: He was a top-10 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft
Ducks/Senators: He was drafted immediately after Sidney Crosby
Wild/Senators: He scored 50 goals in 2006 and 2007
Rangers/Blues: He’s the great one, one might even say the greatest one
Ducks/Blues: He won both the Norris Trophy and the Hart Trophy in 2000
Wild/Blues: He’s an enforcer who plays in the Atlantic Division
Rangers/30+ goals single season: He made headlines for injuring Carey Price in the playoffs
Ducks/30+ goals single season: His famous goal celebration involved tossing his glove in the air and pretending to shoot it.
Wild/30+ goals single season: He made his debut five years after being drafted and instantly became a star
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Rangers/Senators: Mika Zibanejad
Ducks/Senators: Bobby Ryan
Wild/Senators: Dany Heatley
Rangers/Blues: Wayne Gretzky
Ducks/Blues: Chris Pronger
Wild/Blues: Ryan Reaves
Rangers/30+ goals single season: Chris Kreider
Ducks/30+ goals single season: Teemu Selanne
Wild/30+ goals single season: Kirill Kaprizov
