Colin Dorgan scored the decisive goal in double overtime on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, to propel his team, Blackstone Valley Co-op, out of the state semifinal and into the Rhode Island Division 2 boys hockey championship game, according to the report. Dorgan, a senior for Blackstone Valley Schools, wore a patch on his jersey honoring his mother, brother and grandfather as the game played out at Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.
The win came nearly a month after Dorgan’s family was killed during a youth hockey game at a rink in Pawtucket. Authorities said the shooting happened during a Feb. 16 hockey game, when Dorgan was on the ice with teammates. The report said Dorgan’s mother and brother, Rhonda Dorgan and Aidan Dorgan, were killed, and his grandfather, Gerald Dorgan, later died from injuries. The report also said two others were severely injured and that the mother of Rhonda Dorgan and a family friend, Thomas Geruso, were wounded.
In the days after the attack, officials postponed all Rhode Island high school sports for a week, the report said. A day later, police taped off the Dennis M. Lynch arena in Pawtucket as investigators worked. When Blackstone Valley returned to the ice, the report said players wore hearts stitched on the front of their jerseys with the initials of all three who died.
On Wednesday’s semifinal, Blackstone Valley defeated Portsmouth High School 3-2, with Dorgan scoring on a breakaway in double overtime to end the matchup. Blackstone Valley coach Chris Librizzi was pictured embracing Dorgan immediately after the goal, the report said, as the team advanced toward the championship game scheduled for March 18.
Dorgan told WPRI-TV that the goal “was the greatest moment of my life,” according to the report. The report also said officials characterized the shooting as specifically targeting family members and credited several people who intervened and quickly stopped the attack. It said at least three bystanders were able to contain the shooter in the middle of the stands as the crowd fled.
In a separate account of the Feb. 16 incident, police identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan and said he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The report also said Robert Dorgan had used the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, as authorities described it.