If the Bronx Bombers were playing, there would have been some seriously frozen balls. But these were hardy hockey fans who packed Yankee Stadium for a rare frozen treat — the first outdoor NHL game ever played in New York.
A crowd of 50,105 braved the cold a Sunday to watch the Rangers drub their cross-Hudson-rival New Jersey Devils, 7-3.
Temps were in the low 20s — and it snowed.
“I’m too old for this. It was freezing,” said fan Fran Mayson, 52, as he left in the second period.
The game was technically a Devils home date, so the scene had a decidedly Garden State vibe.
The Broadway cast of “Jersey Boys” entertained before the game, while the Jersey Shore’s Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes played between periods.