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Colin Dorgan battled misery to victory for his Rhode Island high school boys hockey team Wednesday night.
Dorgan put Blackstone Valley schools in the Division II championship game when he scored the winning goal in double overtime against Portsmouth. The team won the match 3-2.
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Blackstone Valley men’s hockey Colin Dorgan (17) scores the winning goal on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“Best moment of my life,” he told WPRI-TV after the game.
He has helped the team tremendously during the playoffs. He scored two goals in the final game of a best-of-three quarterfinal series early in the tournament, according to ESPN.
“The most important thing for us after the tragedy was to keep them together as a family,” Blackstone Valley coach Chris Librizzi told WPRI-TV. “I was with [Colin] every day, and his sister, and we as a group as well, met for 14 days straight. And I think it made a difference. “The bond this team has experienced every day for the past two weeks has been nothing short of superior.”
HOCKEY Rink SHOOTING SUSPECT WARNED ABOUT BECOMING ‘BERSERK’ IN X POST DAY BEFORE ATTACK
Blackstone Valley men’s hockey celebrates a double overtime victory on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The championship game is scheduled for March 18 in Providence.
It was just last month when a shooter, identified by police as Robert Dorgan, shot and killed his ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan, at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket. His son Aidan Dorgan and his father, Gerald Dorgan, were also fatally wounded in the shooting.
The shooter, who identified as transgender, was also named Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, authorities said, adding that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Blackstone Valley men’s hockey Colin Dorgan helps the team beat Portsmouth, 3-2, in double overtime on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Colin Dorgan, son of Robert and Rhonda, was playing on the ice when the shooting occurred.
