PROVIDENCE, R.I. — High school hockey player Colin Dorgan scored a game-winning goal in double overtime to advance the Blackstone Valley Co-op out of the semifinals, nearly a month after a shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink killed three members of his family.

Wearing a patch on his jersey honoring his mother, brother and grandfather, Dorgan scored Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College in Providence, in a state semifinal against Portsmouth High School.

“It was the greatest moment of my life,” Dorgan told WPRI-TV after Wednesday’s game.

Dorgan’s celebration came after the Feb. 16 shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, when his mother and brother, Rhonda Dorgan and Aidan Dorgan, were killed in a targeted attack during a youth hockey game. His grandfather, Gerald Dorgan, later died from his injuries, and the AP reported that two others were severely injured.

Police identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, and authorities said he also went by the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano. Police said Robert Dorgan died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

After the shooting, all Rhode Island high school sports were postponed for a week. Blackstone Valley returned to the ice for the first time since the fatal attack earlier this month, with players donning hearts stitched on the front of their jerseys with the initials of all three who died.

On Wednesday, after securing a playoff victory on March 7, Blackstone Valley defeated Portsmouth 3-2, with Dorgan scoring on a breakaway in double overtime.

The team will now play in the Rhode Island Division 2 boys hockey championship game on March 18.

Officials said the shooter was specifically targeting family members. Law enforcement credited several people who intervened and quickly stopped the attack, and the AP reported that at least three bystanders were able to contain the shooter in the middle of the stands as the crowd fled and ran around them.

The AP reported that Rhonda Dorgan’s mother, Linda Dorgan, and a family friend, Thomas Geruso, were also wounded.