Bruins to give away singing Rene Rancourt ornaments

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 13, 2010 4:45 PM EST

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Just in time for the holidays, the Bruins and TD Bank have team up to bring you the collectible singing Rene Rancourt ornament. The first 10,000 fans through the turnstiles at TD Garden for the Bruins game against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, December 20th will take home a singing ornament of the man with the black tuxedo and the golden pipes. Fist pump to whoever brainstormed this idea.

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Cool

Hopefully this will be a sign of shelling out for a Gold Out / Black Out the garden give away come playoff time but I think we all know the likelihood of that.

by ike6116 on Dec 13, 2010 4:49 PM EST reply actions

I’ve always thought the Blackout, Whiteout, etc. thing was lame. Let the Carolinas of the league resort to that.

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 13, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

I agree with evan here…..most Boston teams typically don’t promote gimmickry like that, so I’m pretty happy they haven’t done anything like that.

by delta on Dec 13, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t know, you were pretty hot-to-trot on golding out the garden

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 13, 2010 6:17 PM EST up reply actions

This is true, but that was more of protest of the status quo than a give-away promotion.

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 13, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

It was cool when Winnipeg was doing it back in the 80s, but like the wave, it’s gotten stale.

Free Brad Marchand!

by Phunwin on Dec 14, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions

Anything to get a better Garden arena shot than those two kids in an otherwise empty section.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 14, 2010 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

Strongly agree, that would look awesome.

Way better than some lame thundersticks or another yellow towel advertising lumber liquidators or at&t

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 13, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions

i love the towels

by BlueNGoldBomber on Dec 13, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions

They're okay

I like everyone wearing the same color though, that looks awesome:

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 14, 2010 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

stoopid.

by delta on Dec 14, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

Sports are stupid. Doesn’t make them less fun or a bad idea.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 14, 2010 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

So true

I love all the fans wearing one color.

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by Marisa Ingemi on Dec 14, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions

So does Mark Recchi

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 14, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions

See my thought was this, get the fans to wear shirts that are the same color as the primary color of the jersey the team is wearing (so in boston it would be black shirts). Then have towels that are the same color as the secondary color on the jersey (so at the garden, it would be gold towels). This would make the 7th man be wearing the same colors as the guys on the ice. I think it would look pretty sweet.

by BlueNGoldBomber on Dec 14, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions

Everybody should wear a tux like Rene!

by SkateHitShoot on Dec 15, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

haha I love it.

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by Marisa Ingemi on Dec 13, 2010 5:18 PM EST reply actions

so awesome.

by delta on Dec 13, 2010 5:37 PM EST reply actions

I need to go to that game, or somehow acquire one of these! Too cool!

by Arenacale on Dec 13, 2010 6:19 PM EST reply actions

That they’re only making 10,000 is really dumb.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 13, 2010 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

Yo, Jeremy, I’d gladly pay $15 for one of those. Make it happen!

by Arenacale on Dec 13, 2010 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

they’ll probably be worth like 5 million dollars in 10 years.

by delta on Dec 14, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

Cant wait, ive had my tickets for this game a while back and it keeps getting better!
bringing my little sister and her friend, soooooo hopefully ill have 3 of these bad boys! in my hand, maybe more i mena come on people always leave shit behind at games after a few brews!

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by Ed Cash on Dec 13, 2010 8:27 PM EST reply actions

off topic, but

i wonder if Seguin is gonna be out for tomorrow night’s game again…..we could definitely use his speed….

by delta on Dec 14, 2010 9:32 AM EST reply actions

@DJBean on twitter said he was all healed up, so I would assume he’s back.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 14, 2010 9:37 AM EST up reply actions

ah, sweet. thanks for the info

by delta on Dec 14, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

Ha, nice.

I’m going next Thursday against the ATL, so I’ll miss out on this sadly.

I suspect there might be a few of those to buy in the shop for last minute gifts.

by 13_Legion on Dec 14, 2010 3:02 PM EST reply actions

Wow

I know Rene is fun to watch, but does anyone care that he doesn’t sing on key? I’ve been waiting several years for him to stop singing cause it hurts my ears. Couldn’t they have him sing just a few times a year, and get new singers? I’ve noticed that they actually did have a few new singers lately. Does that mean this “toy” is in honor of him leaving or something? I’ve got nothing against the guy, just there are way better singers out there…

by I Love Ska on Dec 15, 2010 3:16 PM EST reply actions

Boo this man! Rene is a legend.

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Dec 15, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

but does anyone care that he doesn’t sing on key?

Absolutely not. I’d rather Rene sing slightly off key than a legion of berklee music students over-doing it.

Couldn’t they have him sing just a few times a year, and get new singers?

They do and it sucks.

I’ve got nothing against the guy, just there are way better singers out there…

Yeah, but there’s a difference between “can hit every note” and “sings an anthem well”

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 15, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions

your name is I Love Ska and you’re complaining about off key singing?

by TomServo42 on Dec 16, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Haha

Touche. You have a good point Tom. I actually only really like 1 Ska band, thus the name. I actually don’t enjoy most Ska for precisely that reason. I like the music. Most bands, as soon as they open their mouths is when the song gets turned off, haha. And I’m honored that Stanley Cup of Chowder himself would take the time to reply, lol. Maybe if I lived in Boston and heard Rene singing live in the arena atmosphere it would grow on me. :)

by I Love Ska on Dec 20, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions