NYT Connections Sports Edition #572: Hockey-Themed Puzzle Solutions

In the quiet ritual of the morning puzzle, The New York Times and The Athletic have carved out a new corner of daily habit — a sports-flavored Connections challenge that asks players to find order among apparent chaos. Today's edition, number 572, centers on hockey, rewarding those who know the difference between a biscuit and a puck, or understand that icing means something very different on the ice than it does on a cake. It is a small but telling reminder that knowledge, even the specialized kind, carries its own quiet pleasure when it finds its moment to be useful.