Remembering some guys through Puckdoku

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 459 - 6/9:

303 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Kirk was a jerk (and a Panther)

Middle column: ecstasy
Right column: concern, but acceptance (damn goalies!)
Left column: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Apparently scoring 10+ goals is way more rare than I think! For MTL, Perezhogin, of course, topped out at 9! (I had Audette, Dagenais and Darche on my list as well, who all got 10+ and would have scored at 0.1%, 0.1%, and 0.0% respectively! )

For FLA, Vrbata didn't play enough games - also, he scored 10+ goals with every team he played for in his entire career.... except FLA! (and Tampa, only played 18 games though, sooo) (also had Olesz, who would have been 0.3%, and Dagenais, who only got 7 with FLA)

And for LAK, Dixon Ward only played 34 games there, and got 6. Again, got 10+ almost everywhere else he played, given enough games there... (also had Smolinski, Sandstrom, Conroy and Khristich, who were all correct at 0.2%, 1.4%, 0.0% and... 0.0% )

 

[DitchMarner]

All roads lead to Rome.

kvlad has a big home field advantage here. When are they going to do a puzzle that has a Maple Leafs row or column?

 

[kvladimir]

All roads lead to Rome.

kvlad has a big home field advantage here. When are they going to do a puzzle that has a Maple Leafs row or column?

Correct, sir

Puckdoku Game 460 - 9/9:

0 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Dirkaholic

Probably could have done even better, but when you get categories like "Canucks defenceman", a lot of the obscure players specifically get more attention. Like Mr. 0.4% Lee Sweatt over here!

Meanwhile, guys like Juulsen and Dermott are lower % answers...

Also, this game is bugged... I was looking through the numbers and saw Paul Coffey and Dion Phaneuf as Canucks Dman/Played in 2000s, which... no

Edit: Also, I got schooled by a fellow VAN fan - the best game has a VAN Dman in every square, and they even snuck Bieksa in the middle square and it's <1%!

 

[Brodeur]

Unfortunately used Del Zotto for VAN+ANA then realized Bryan Allen would have worked there too.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 461 - 8/9:

101 Uniqueness

Spoiler: A Drew Hope

Argh, I fell for the ol' "He was drafted by them, but never played for them" trap door on Jason Bacashihua

 

[DitchMarner]

I'm quite satisfied with how I did considering there was an AHL column. What's up with the 2% for Andersson, though?

 

[ES]

In today's grid I was surprised to find out there is no picture of Keith Carney.

 

[DitchMarner]

What the Valk? Really... 1% He's usually good for a percentage lower than 1%.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 462 - 9/9:

2 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Mikulchiks for free

Ugh, only getting 2 on a game that should be a layup feels bad, man... Those were my last 2 squares, too

Oh well, at least I got to use Oleg Mikulchik (and remembered that I can). The reason I know about him is a fun story

 

[DitchMarner]

Goalied again.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 463 - 9/9:

9 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Salo there

*takes out voice recorder, presses play*

"Damn goalies!"

 

[tmg]

What the … the page as it is right now has the same rows, but the Senators and Penguins as the first two columns, but based on the earlier pictures and the list of top responses, those columns were clearly the Red Wings and Capitals earlier today.

And now the list of “Popular Picks” for those six squares clearly has tolerated players of the old columns and the new.

 

[kvladimir]

What the … the page as it is right now has the same rows, but the Senators and Penguins as the first two columns, but based on the earlier pictures and the list of top responses, those columns were clearly the Red Wings and Capitals earlier today.

And now the list of “Popular Picks” for those six squares clearly has tolerated players of the old columns and the new.

Spoiler: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

.... Toms is still correct, but yeah this is very odd

 

[DitchMarner]

Kiss my Glass!

Who is Shane MacEachern?! This is the second time this joker has cost me when I've wanted to go with Shawn McEachern as an answer! I'm going to keep him in mind and use him when I need an obscure Blue and/or 80s player.

 

[kvladimir]

Who is Shane MacEachern?!

I've never had that happen, interesting... I guess I just unconsciously know it's "McEachern", and type it like that, so only the right guy comes up? (never seen two players come up when picking him)

Puckdoku Game 464 - 7/9:

200 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Abid, Abid, Abid, Abid - that's all folks!!

Lol, so I immediately went for Mark Mowers for DET/WPG... (it was Derek Meech I was thinking of - also, Mowers works for BOS/DET!!! ).

Also messed up picking Bob Corkum for WPG/100+goals................ he played for the Thrashers, but finished with 97 goals!!

 

[Brodeur]

Midnight me wanted to use Jiri Slegr for a couple squares but wasn't 100% sure if he played for Atlanta and I was mixing him up with somebody else.

Many years ago, I was at my sister's for Thanksgiving. I was told to talk to my (now ex) brother-in-law's aunt since her son also played hockey. I begrudgingly initiated a conversation. She eventually casually mentioned that her son-in-law was Colby Armstrong (and she didn't do it in a bragging manner by any means). Here I was thinking her son was just another beer league schlub like me.

 

[DitchMarner]

Not quite King of the Cassels... but a couple of nice pulls in Ortmeyer and Erixon.

I picked Valabik for CLB/born outside North America. He only played for ATL. I was thinking of some guy named Balastik, who only played for CLB.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Pyramid - 6/6:

18 Uniqueness
No Lifelines Used

Spoiler: President Carter

Ehhhh... this one feels like it could have been a lot better... Actually, yeah if I switched Coffey and Stevens around, I would have gotten a 10

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 465 - 9/9:

4 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Sproul's Out for Summer

Ewww, this would have been SO good, but LYLE ODELEIN is 4%, seriously???

Should have just gone with Lachance like usual...

 

[DitchMarner]

Not King (of the) Still, man!

I thought Jason King was a career Canuck. Nope. He played four games for ANA.

And I put Novoseltsev for Career Panther. He was a Coyote.

 

[kvladimir]

Not King (of the) Still, man!

I thought Jason King was a career Canuck. Nope. He played four games for ANA.

And I put Novoseltsev for Career Panther. He was a Coyote.

Career Panther is tough, I tried Quinton Howden, but he played 5 games for the Jets

Too bad, I really like the 1-team-career category, I can usually nail it...

Oh, btw, I have a funny feeling the guy you were really thinking of for FLA was David Nemirovsky

Puckdoku Game 466 - 8/9:

100 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Cuma Chameleon

I love how the guy VAN traded Steve Kariya for (Mikko Jokela, who played one game) is a higher % (1.2) than Kariya himself (0.8%)

 

[DitchMarner]

Took a long time to think of even a decent answer for ARI/LA lol.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 467 - 8/9:

101 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Riesen for being

Argh, messed up on COL/1st round pick, thought Riku Hahl was one, but I was confusing him with Ryan Stoa (2 guys I use for COL/one team career), but even he wasn't a 1st round pick either... should have gone Hishon/Bleakley/Siemens (Edit: Nedorost was the guy I was thinking of )

 

[DitchMarner]

O'Really?

I changed it up today. I figured James Neal would give me a high percentage. I wasn't expecting one that high. After getting 29%, I tried to get the highest percentages possible haha. Ironically, I found it harder to get high scores than lower ones for the left column lol.

 

[kvladimir]

Vegas =

Puckdoku Game 468 - 9/9:

11 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Atcheynum! Gesundheit.

Gave up on this one super quick....