If you haven’t heard, it’s pretty cold at the 2022 NHL Winter Classic in Minnesota. So cold, in fact, that it’s broken league records for how frigid it is.
At puck drop between the Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues, the weather hit at least minus-8 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the coldest outdoor game in NHL history. Not only that, before the game, the cold weather didn’t stop the Blues from showing up dressed to the nines… in beach gear.
So yeah, it’s pretty cold out there in Minnesota tonight. So cold, in fact, that players’ facial hair is collecting ice and freezing to their faces! Yes, seriously, players on both the Wild and Blues were seen with icicles on their beards and mustaches during warmups, which seemingly weren’t very warm at all.
Jon Merrill’s mustache appears to be frozen. pic.twitter.com/nOZTpGAst5
— Judd Zulgad (@jzulgad) January 1, 2022
When the frost hits the ‘stache !
🥶🤣 #WinterClassic2022 #HockeyTwitter pic.twitter.com/OQY9iRSQit— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) January 1, 2022
So yeah, it's pretty cold at the #WinterClassic. pic.twitter.com/63qLpnQLDr
— Ryan Gilbert (@RGilbertSOP) January 2, 2022
Look, the NHL’s outdoor games may have overstayed their welcome, but you don’t get moments like these during regular games now do you?
