5 Philadelphia Flyers cheat codes for popular ‘Puckdoku’ game

A new online hockey game called ‘Puckdoku’ has taken the NHL community by storm, and many log on to play an updated game each day. Essentially, Puckdoku is a problem-solving game that requires players to guess which players played for any two given teams, or earned a particular award or stat whilst also playing for a specified team. The Puckdoku grid is 3×3, and players will have nine guesses to fill out nine boxes. For Philadelphia Flyers fans, these five players will be fixtures of your guesses.

But before we start here are the rules, per the Puckdoku site. If you already know the rules or just want to see the five Flyers, feel free to skip and scroll down.

• Choose a player in the cell that meets the row and column criteria
• The player must have played at least one regular or postseason season NHL game for the team to be counted
• If a cell is for an award/stat and a team, the player must have recorded the award/stat while on that team that season
• If a cell is for two stat categories, they do not need to be won in the same season
• Relocated teams count as a single team for the Teams Played category
• Players and stats follow the franchise when relocated. This means that players like Ilya Kovalchuk count for present-day Winnipeg Jets
• Teams that have been moved back under the same name do not count as the same team. 1990s Winnipeg Jets don’t count as present-day Jets
• A player can only be used once
• Once a player is chosen, the guess cannot be changed
• Every guess counts as a shot, regardless of its correctness
• If a player was traded mid-season for a stat and team category, season stats are not combined.
• Uniqueness is calculated from the sum of the percentages of each, plus 100 for every empty cell. The lower the score, the more rare each player pick was.

#5. Michael Del Zotto: Flyers, Rangers, Senators, Ducks, Blues, Predators, Canucks, Blue Jackets

Michael Del Zotto was never an elite NHL player, but he was elite at playing for a ton of NHL teams, though. The recently-retired blueliner played for eight teams over his 13-year career, including a three-year stint with the Flyers from 2014-2017.

Del Zotto won’t help you in the awards category, but he has played over 700 NHL games, with a good chunk coming from nearly half of the Metropolitan Division. Keep his name in the back of your head if you want to consistently score a good uniqueness rating.

#4. Derick Brassard: Flyers, Oilers, Coyotes, Islanders, Panthers, Avalanche, Penguins, Senators, Rangers, Blue Jackets

Derick Brassard’s Flyers career was short, but his NHL career has been long, and during that time he’s played for just about every team under the sun. Brassard signed a one-year contract with the Flyers on Aug. 25, 2021, and lasted only 31 games before the journeyman center was on the move again.

Prior to his time with the Flyers, Brassard played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Colorado Avalanche, New York Islanders, and the Arizona Coyotes. The Flyers would trade him to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2023 fourth-round pick, which ended up becoming Slovakian LW Alex Ciernik. After that, the 35-year-old returned to Ottawa for a second time, but never crossed paths with former Rangers teammate Del Zotto, who was busy playing for the Belleville Senators in the AHL.

During his 16-year NHL career, Brassard has played for over half of the Metropolitan Division, and of course that won’t include his multiple stops in the Pacific, Central, and Atlantic Divisions. He’s basically a Puckdoku lock any time a Metropolitan or Atlantic team appears.

#3. Petr Nedved: Flyers, Rangers, Canucks, Penguins, Oilers, Coyotes, Blues

If ‘Petr Nedved’ and ‘Flyers’ don’t ring a bell, don’t worry – it’s not your fault. The Czechoslovakian center joined the Flyers via trade at the tail end of his career, and was traded to the Oilers just like Brassard was the very next season. All in all, Nedved finished his Philly career with six goals and 21 points in 49 games.

Nedved was drafted second overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990 NHL Draft and enjoyed a very solid NHL career until his 30s hit him like a bus. After his age 30 season in 2000-01, Nedved crossed the 50-point plateau just once in his last five seasons. Before that, the 6-foot-3 forward was a point-per-game player almost annually, highlighted by a 45-goal, 99-point effort with the Penguins in 1995-96.

Across 15 years in the NHL, Nedved played for seven different teams. He played fewer than 50 regular season games for the Blues, Coyotes, Flyers, and Oilers, making him a fun pick to help increase your Puckdoku uniqueness score.

#1. Jaromir Jagr: Penguins, Rangers, Capitals, Panthers, Devils, Flyers, Bruins, Stars, Flames

Jaromir Jagr could be a Puckdoku cheat code for pretty much any given grid, but for the purpose of this article, we’ll include him here too. The ageless wonder played 24 years in the NHL, abbreviated by lockouts and a cameo in the KHL, scoring an eye-watering 1,921 points in 1733 games.

For Puckdoku, Jagr checks all of the boxes. He’s played for nearly a third of the National Hockey League, scored 100 points at least once for both the Penguins and the Rangers, and has won countless awards, including the Art Ross, Lester B. Pearson, Hart Memorial, and Bill Masterton Trophys. No. 68 is also a two-time Stanley Cup Champion and 13-time NHL All-Star. In addition, Jagr has one three gold medals for Czechia: one in the 1998 Olympic Games and two in the Ice Hockey World Championships (2005 and 2010).

Like Brassard, Jagr has also played for over half of the Metropolitan Division, but has way more awards and accolades to help fill out columns with those requirements as well. Honestly, it’s probably harder to find a Puckdoku grid where Jagr does not fit, but that’s the wonder of playing over two decades in a professional sports league.

These days, the 51-year-old is still playing professional hockey in his homeland for Rytíři Kladno, but is still reluctant to retire due to logistical reasons surrounding his teams.