Puckdoku is the trivia game sweeping the hockey world. It’s the NHL equivalent of the “Immaculate Grid“, a three-by-three fill-in-the-blank puzzle which originated as an MLB game but quickly spawned variants for all kinds of other sports leagues.
It was 34 years ago today that Lanny McDonald scored his 500th career goal. It came in a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders that saw McDonald score the game-winning goal.
Sometimes, injuries derail careers that seemed prime for greatness. One of four 1,000-game players the Calgary Flames drafted in 1984, Gary Roberts seemed destined to be one of the greats before injuries wrecked him for a few seasons.
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