While I had no issue with being the neighborhood’s resident cake-eater, Russ Tyler (played by Kenan Thompson) was the undisputed idol of every 7 year old I knew. For us, the knucklepuck was the hockey version of the cross-over. And-1 on ice, if you will. Everyone swore they could control it, make it bob up and down, and score. Obviously, no one really could on a consistent basis, but when it worked, you’d have thought that kid just figured out a new SNES cheat code. Games would stop and said knucklepucker would get his five minutes of well-deserved fame.