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Hockey’s most hostile fans revealed — here’s where the Rangers, Islanders, stack up: poll

They’re cold as ice. 

New York Ranger fans have been deemed the third most aggressive fan base out of all 32 National Hockey League teams, a chilling new study found. 

A whopping 44% of the 286 Blueshirts surveyed by Casino.org confessed to unruly behavior, including taunting, trash-talking, throwing food, and even dropping the gloves against rival fans.

The feisty Garden faithful gets into the second-most fights of all fan bases, with 11% admitting that they’d brawled with opposing fans.

New York Rangers fans cheering at Madison Square Garden
Feisty New York Rangers fans get into the second-most fights of all fan bases. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST

Chicago Blackhawks’ fans were more violent, with 22% confessing to tussles inside the arena. 

One in three Rangers fans said they boo the opposing team, and a frosty one in four said they cheered when a rival gets injured.

Their icy attitude toward opponents earned the Blueshirt boosters an overall “aggression score” of 82.8% — behind only Chicago fans (96.9%) and Colorado Avalanche fanatics (94%).

New York Rangers fans cheering at Madison Square Garden
Their icy attitude toward opponents earned the Blueshirt boosters an overall “aggression score” of 82.8%. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Good-mannered New York Islanders fans were considered the 31st most hostile, second to last, with a score of 8.3%. The gentlest fans root for the Ottawa Senators (5.5%).