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.
Maple Leafs/Kings: He won a Cup with the Kings skating alongside Drew Doughty
Islanders/Kings: He’s top-10 in scoring among Slovak NHL players
Kings/QMJHL: He’s an eight-time all-star and won a Cup in 2002
Maple Leafs/Bruins: He’s a three-time Stanley Cup winner (and don’t forget it)
Islanders/Bruins: He’s a 6-foot-9 defenceman
Bruins/QMJHL: He’s a six-time Selke winner for best defensive forward
Maple Leafs/Canucks: He visited the Leafs’ dressing room ahead of their first game in Sweden
Islanders/Canucks: He was traded from one team to the other last season
Canucks/QMJHL: He’s a decorated ball hockey player in addition to his NHL career
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Maple Leafs/Kings: Jake Muzzin
Islanders/Kings: Zigmund Palffy
Kings/QMJHL: Luc Robitaille
Maple Leafs/Bruins: Phil Kessel
Islanders/Bruins: Zdeno Chara
Bruins/QMJHL: Patrice Bergeron
Maple Leafs/Canucks: Mats Sundin
Islanders/Canucks: Bo Horvat
Canucks/QMJHL: Alex Burrows
