London players home with gold after U18 Women's World Hockey Championship win
Cousins Julia and Nicole Gosling call the overtime win against the United States 'amazing'
Canadian teenagers who played for the gold medal-winning women's under-18 hockey team say beating their US rivals was the best moment of their lives.
The team flew back to Canada Monday from Japan where the U18 Women's World Hockey Championship was held.
Canada beat the United States, 3-2 in overtime, in Sunday's final.
"I was so excited that I even cried," said Julia Gosling, who won a bronze medal for Canada at the event last year. "I worked so hard this (past) year because I wanted it so badly."
Still jet lagged but heading to class at her London, Ont. high school, Gosling said the win was especially sweet because the two countries are rivals on the ice.
"It was such a cool game because we've got such a rivalry. It was an amazing feeling to beat them."
Gosling played alongside her cousin Nicole on Team Canada. Both got their start with the London Devilettes, a girls's hockey association that boasts about 800 players.
"It's not all about men's hockey," said Nicole Gosling on CBC's London Morning Tuesday. "We women are doing it well and overseas too!"
This was the first gold medal for Canada's at the U18 Women's World Championship since 2014.