RI hockey player whose family members were killed by trans shooter scores goal to send team to title game

Colin Dorgan battled done misery to execute triumph for his Rhode Island boys precocious schoolhouse hockey squad connected Wednesday night.

Dorgan enactment Blackstone Valley Schools into the Division II title crippled erstwhile helium scored the game-winning extremity successful treble overtime against Portsmouth. The squad won the game, 3-2.

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Colin Dorgan (17), Blackstone Valley boys hockey, scores game-winning extremity connected March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"Greatest infinitesimal of my life," helium told WPRI-TV aft the game.

He’s helped the squad tremendously passim the playoffs. He scored 2 goals successful the last crippled of a best-of-three quarterfinal bid earlier successful the tournament, according to ESPN.

"The biggest happening for america aft the calamity took spot was to support them unneurotic arsenic a family," Blackstone Valley manager Chris Librizzi told WPRI-TV. "I was with [Colin] each azygous day, and his sister, and we arsenic a group, arsenic well, got unneurotic for 14 days straight. And I judge it made a difference. The bonding that this squad went done each time the past 2 weeks has been thing little than superior."

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Blackstone Valley boys hockey celebrates a triumph successful treble overtime connected March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The title crippled is acceptable for March 18 successful Providence.

It was lone past period erstwhile a shooter, identified by constabulary arsenic Robert Dorgan, fatally changeable his ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan, astatine the Dennis M. Lynch Arena successful Pawtucket. His lad Aidan Dorgan and father, Gerald Dorgan, were besides fatally wounded successful the shooting.

The shooter, who identified arsenic transgender, besides went by the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, authorities said, adding the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Colin Dorgan, Blackstone Valley boys hockey helps squad to triumph implicit Portsmouth, 3-2, successful treble overtime connected March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Colin Dorgan, the lad of Robert and Rhonda, was playing connected the crystal erstwhile the shooting occurred.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.

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