OTTAWA — Dylan Larkin almost has his voice back after days of celebrating Team USA’s Olympic gold medal victory over Canada this past weekend.
The United States’ 2-1 overtime thriller was the biggest victory of Larkin’s career, and the Americans’ first gold medal in men’s hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team. Larkin was on the ice for the winning goal, scored by Jack Hughes, and the Red Wings’ captain reflected on his Olympic experience Thursday morning.
“Just to keep thinking back that we did it,” Larkin said. “And that feeling of when Jack scored, throwing our gloves in the air, not knowing what to do, just screaming, yelling for 20 minutes on the ice, celebrating with guys — it was memories…