One of America’s newest heroes, Megan Keller can’t stop smiling as she says her goal in overtime to beat Canada in the gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games is still a blur.

“I don’t know if it’s sunk in yet, to be honest,” Keller told reporters at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley. “This is our dream to represent our country and win a gold medal for your country. I don’t know how long it’ll be until it sets in, but it’s very special.”

Back at her practice arena on Thursday, the 29-year-old soaked in the Olympic gold glory with her Boston Fleet teammates. Head coach Kris Sparre drew up a reenactment of his team captain’s golden goal to begin practice.

“Today, we were all talking about how excited we were when Alina (Muller) scored the bronze medal goal (for Switzerland) and when Megan scored the game-winning goal for the gold,” Sparre told reporters. “So we said, ‘Let’s recreate those moments and give us a taste of what it could have felt like,’ so we had a little bit of fun.”

Megan Keller, who scored the winning goal in the women’s Olympic hockey title game, holds her gold medal during a press conference Thursday at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)

Keller, a native of Farmington, Mich., backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime to top Canada a week ago to the day, closing another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries.

With the sides playing 3-on-3, Keller broke up the left wing and pushed past Canadian defenseman Claire Thompson. Driving to the net, the U.S. assistant captain got off a backhander that beat goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens over her right pad.

Minutes later, Keller stood alongside her teammates as gold medals were wrapped around their necks. Her family and friends watched from the stands. The American flag rose, with the national anthem blaring, and Keller and her team singing along.

“There’s nothing like it,” the Fleet team captain said. “That’s the beauty of a team sport, too. You get to celebrate it with 23 of your best friends. It makes it all the more special.”

Two of Keller’s Fleet teammates joined her in donning the red, white and blue for the U.S. women’s team: goalie Aerin Frankel and defenseman Haley Winn.

Frankel posted a perfect 5-0 record, with a .980 save percentage, accomplishing an Olympic record with three shutouts, the most in tournament play.

Standing in net for the gold medal game, Frankel said she couldn’t see Keller’s shot go in from the opposite side of the rink. But the U.S. goalie did see the “immediate reaction and celebration in the crowd.”

Boston Fleet’s Alina Muller, left, and Megan Keller during a team practice Thursday at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)

“I just remember trying to skate down the ice as fast as I could to hug my teammates and celebrate with them,” Frankel said after practice on Thursday. “Honestly, I couldn’t even really believe that happened.”

American captain Hilary Knight, a former member of the Fleet, forced overtime by tipping in a shot from the blue line with 2:04 remaining in the third period, the 15th and final goal of her illustrious Olympic career.

“As soon as we tied it up, we knew we were going to win that game,” Winn told reporters on Thursday. “Everyone who is on the ice, especially when Megan stepped on, there’s so much trust and confidence in her.”

“When she got that puck at the far blue line, everyone didn’t know what was going to happen next,” the defenseman added of Keller’s play, “but her putting it in the back of the net is no surprise. It couldn’t have happened to a better person.”

Muller, who scored the game-winning goal for Switzerland to claim bronze just hours earlier, said her team was under the stands waiting to receive their medal and couldn’t watch the finale.

“We heard the reaction, we didn’t know who scored,” Muller said, “We wait and wait, and then I saw that Megan had the puck, and I was like, ‘No way, no way, no way,’ and then she scored it. … seeing them celebrating, making eye contact with them was a moment I will never forget.”

Seven Fleet players represented five countries in Milan Cortina. The rest of the group stayed back, practicing in Wellesley and catching games on television in a Boston Sports Institute lounge.

GM Danielle Marmer said she was “caught off guard with how emotional I got in that moment,” when Keller scored the golden goal. Sparre added that his team’s leadership qualities are just as impressive as the on-ice traits, pointing directly to an interaction he had with Keller earlier in the morning.

“I haven’t seen her in about three weeks; the first thing she says, after all the accolades and all the things that have happened,” the head coach said, “she starts asking me about our injured players and how they’re doing.”

Forever a gold medalist, Keller said, “I’m so excited to be back with this group. We have a good thing going here.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report