Well, it worked for Peanuts

Maybe there will be a flash of not-so-subtle humor the next time the Minnesota Wild plays the Colorado Avalanche.

One suggestion: The scoreboard could show Lucy, once again, getting Charlie Brown to fall for her ploy, getting him to try to kick the football and then pulling it away at the last moment.

It was Wes Walz of the Wild playing Charlie Brown on Saturday in St. Paul. His former Minnesota teammate and now-Avalanche winger Andrew Brunette tricked Walz into turning the puck over by shouting his nickname, “Walzie! Walzie.” Walz, on a two-on-one rush, played into Brunette’s hands and helpfully delivered a drop pass. He was good-natured later about the gaffe.

“Let’s just say I sent Bruno a little text message,” Walz told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

And one to his teammates: My bad.

Trivia time

Who was the first female to foil Charlie Brown with the football trick?

Nude for thought

Beware the naked skier. Let’s just hope Swiss star Rainer Schoenfelder doesn’t lose any more bets.

After crashing last week, he told his physiotherapist that he would ski naked if his pain level had improved. On Wednesday, he went down the slopes nude, having lost the bet.

The Associated Press reported there was a photo already of the adventurous Swiss on the Internet, wearing yellow boots, an orange helmet and gloves.

And that’s it.

“I have no problem with nudity in general,” Austrian ski coach Toni Giger told AP. “I haven’t seen the pictures, but no one was hurt. That was typical Schoenfelder behavior.”

If this catches on, look for a new event: The Super-G String.

Shock retreat

There is a deep, deep void in the Philadelphia sports scene. You know it, and they sure know it.

Can a city exist without controversy on a daily basis?

Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer as saying that New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, in the second quarter of Sunday’s playoff game, told him that he wanted to play for the Eagles.

But Shockey quickly dismissed such a scenario, telling a team spokesman: “You’re kidding me, right? ... We’re 90 minutes away, and we can’t stand each other.”

And the search for T.O’s spiritual successor continues....

Good St. Nick

Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko will find his wallet $10,000 lighter after his brief stay at the tour stop in Sydney, Australia, in which he retired from his first match because of a foot problem.

His offense? Well, it wasn’t because he smashed rackets or threatened a chair umpire.

Speaking at a post-match news conference got him in trouble when he was quoted as saying the event is a “small tournament” that “nobody cares about.”

The ATP issued the fine and said he damaged the “very fine tournament in Sydney.” Could “nobody” have meant all the top players who never got to Sydney or played briefly before retiring because of injuries?

Trivia answer

Violet in 1951. Lucy came on the job a year later.

And finally

Lucy, obviously seeing into the future of college football controversies, to Charlie Brown after his failure in 1967: “Would you like to see how that looked on instant replay?”

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lisa.dillman@latimes.com