Wow, it’s the end of our first puzzle of 2026? It feels like just yesterday I was writing “The Puzzleboy” and “2025” on a check that would very quickly be returned to me because that is not my legal name.
But let’s get down to business: we, once again, went Hollywood and were soliciting pitches for the next Heated Rivalry. Are you suited up? Ready to face-off? Let’s see how it was done:
Once again, the “good” answers were: Three Downs to Glory, 99: The Story of Gretzky, We Won, Eh?, and Fore! The Links of Nova Scotia.
So— what is Evan Roberts looking for in his shows?
He only likes titles that have a number (or a homophone of a number) embedded in the title.
For the skeptical, that’s: Three Downs to Glory, 99: The Story of Gretzky, We Won, Eh?, Fore! The Links of Nova Scotia
The Puzzleboy Pantheon has been updated (the points have been converted into metric for our Canadian fans). Here are all of this month’s winners, along with their delightful, numerical pitches:
Anne E. | O Canada: 45 Years of Olympic Gold
Anthony B. | Tutus in Tobermory
Bailey J. | To Curl or Not
Barry B. | These Tales We Ate
Brad K. | Fievel Goes Nets: A Mouse’s NBA Story
Chris F. | If I’ve Ever Got a Hat Trick
Cyrus H. | A Threne for Sports in Saskatoon, Saskatchewann
Dan B. | The 13th Man: The True Story of How a Substitution Error Lost Saskatchewan the 97th Grey Cup
Edward W. | An Ode to Gordie Howe for Being the Greatest One
Eric C. | Six Degrees of Canadian Bacon
Helene L. | Too Lazy To Score
Jay W. | Sweep Sixteen
Jesse F. | Saskatoon Nein Nein: How Hockey Won WW2
Jim M. | The Oilers’ Constant Struggle
Kari A. | Two Minutes in Heaven: Smooching in the Penalty Box
Kristen K. | He Ate What?: The World’s Poutine Eating Championship
Lisa L. | Twelve Days of Hockey
Maxim L. | Curling for Teens
Naina M. | How I Ate It Doing a 360: Confessions of an Injury-Prone Snowboarder
Rakedu T. | He Ate How Much Poutine?
Robin L. | Yukon Never Have Too Much Timmy’s
Next month, we hit double digit puzzles as we provide yet another conundrum from your favorite The Puzzleboy! Love and numbers are in the air as you join us on Febraury 1st for:
