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.
Canucks/Red Wings: Player’s nephew just signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs
Panthers/Red Wings: Player went to the 2023 Cup final with his brother
Red Wings 5+ teams in his career: Player is one of the few tinted visor users in the league
Canucks/Ducks: Player was a two-time all-star and played from 2005 until 2019
Panthers/Ducks: Player was one of two Indigenous players in the 2023 Cup final
Ducks 5+ teams in his career: Player won the Hart and Norris in the same season and a Stanley Cup seven years later
Canucks 1000+ career games: Player is one of two Swedish twins
Panthers 1000+ career games: Player currently plays for the European team he owns
5+ teams/1000+ career games: Player last played in the NHL at age 46
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Canucks/Red Wings: Todd Bertuzzi
Panthers/Red Wings: Marc Staal
Red Wings 5+ teams in his career: David Perron
Canucks/Ducks: Ryan Kesler
Panthers/Ducks: Brandon Montour
Ducks 5+ teams in his career: Chris Pronger
Canucks 1000+ career games: Henrik Sedin
Panthers 1000+ career games: Jaromir Jagr
5+ teams/1000+ career games: Jaromir Jagr
