Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron take the stage before the Bruins Stanley Cup Championship parade. (WBZ)

BOSTON (CBS) – Before they could get their rolling rally started, the Boston Bruins had some praise to dish out to their faithful fans.

“You guys are the best fans in the world,” General Manager Peter Chiarelli said Saturday morning outside the TD Garden. “I think I can speak for these guys that you guys make us better. You make the players better, the management better, the coaches better; and for that I appreciate it.”

“Thanks for the patience on the 39 years, the next one will come quicker,” added Chiarelli.

“You guys wanted it, we got it, and we want to share it with you today,” goaltender Tim Thomas said to a huge ovation. “The whole city, the whole northeast, everyone who supported us. Let’s have some fun.”

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“This is your day,” Patrice Bergeron said. “You guys have been behind us through the lows and highs. Next time I hope we do it in Boston.”

“I can’t thank Boston fans enough,” 43-year-old Mark Recchi said, who is retiring after his third Stanley Cup Championship. “If it wasn’t for you guys, we wouldn’t have gotten this far.”

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Recchi only spent two and a half season with the Bruins, but immediately became a fan favorite for his veteran leadership. He was a strong voice in the locker room, getting respect from all his teammates

Recchi thanked the B’s for letting end his career with the Stanley Cup in hand.

“I can’t thank the Bruins organization enough for making my last few years amazing, Getting the opportunity to play with these guys… We starting in Vermont for training camp, went to Prague. We played together, we drank together, we lost together and it never wavered. But the one thing we really did together; we won!”

The Bruins went through training camp in Vermont and began the season with two games in Prague. This gave them the opportunity to bond as a team and really learn to play as a unit.

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It also gave Captain Zdeno Chara a chance to make a promise to team president Cam Neely.

“I have to go back to a conversation I had with Cam in September when we were in Prague,” he said. “I promised him when we win a Stanley Cup I would hand it to him. So here we go, come on Cam.”

Bergeron Chants, Marchand Raps

Neely raised the Cup high above his head, and got a big hug from his biggest player.

The crowd never wavered, and got even louder when Bergeron led them in Boston’s newest championship chant.

“You guys have been saying a chant ‘We want the cup,’ well you know what, ‘We got the cup!’”

The crowd only got louder when fan favorite Brad Marchand began a “Black and Yellow” rap.

“Everything we do, we do it big,” the 5-9 forward said.