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/Hurricanes: Player was a top-5 pick in the 2015 draft
Oilers/Hurricanes: Player was a top-5 pick in the 2016 draft
Avalanche/Hurricanes: Player’s father is one of the great Slovak players of all time
Flames/Blue Jackets: Player recently signed with one of these teams after a long tenure with the other
Oilers/Blue Jackets: Player is known for tallying eight points in one game
Avalanche/Blue Jackets: Player was a top-5 pick in the 2005 draft
Flames Olympic gold medal winner: Player is one of the most iconic Flames of all time
Oilers Olympic gold medal winner: Player was a top-10 pick of the Oilers in 1994
Avalanche Olympic gold medal winner: Player now works in management for the Avalanche
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/Hurricanes: Noah Hanifin
Oilers/Hurricanes: Jesse Puljujarvi
Avalanche/Hurricanes: Paul Stastny
Flames/Blue Jackets: Johnny Gaudreau
Oilers/Blue Jackets: Sam Gagner
Avalanche/Blue Jackets: Jack Johnson
Flames Olympic gold medal winner: Jarome Iginla
Oilers Olympic gold medal winner: Ryan Smyth
Avalanche Olympic gold medal winner: Joe Sakic
