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.
Flyers/Blackhawks: Player is a top-5 highest-scoring American NHLer of all time
Canucks/Blackhawks: Player won a Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks
Blackhawks/1000+ career GP: Player spent his entire career with the Blackhawks
Flyers/Blue Jackets: Player was recently appointed as an assistant coach on Jaromir Jagr’s Czech team
Canucks/Blue Jackets: Player was a top-three pick in the 2010 NHL Draft
Blue Jackets/1000+ career GP: Player finished his career with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins
Flyers/100+ career goals: Player is currently on a team in the Atlantic Division
Canucks/100+ goals career: Player is a twin (either works)
1000+ career games/100+ career goals: Player won multiple Cups with the Edmonton Oilers
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Flyers/Blackhawks: Jeremy Roenick
Canucks/Blackhawks: Brent Sopel
Blackhawks/1000+ career GP: Jonathan Toews
Flyers/Blue Jackets: Jakub Voracek
Canucks/Blue Jackets: Erik Gudbranson
Blue Jackets/1000+ career GP: Rick Nash
Flyers/100+ career goals: Claude Giroux
Canucks/100+ goals career: Daniel Sedin/Henrik Sedin
1000+ career games/100+ career goals: Wayne Gretzky
