Hockey player who lost 3 family members in Rhode Island ice rink shooting scores game-winning goal

MIDDLE EAST COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THE EYEOPENER NEW THIS MORNING, WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT A MOMENTOUS ACHIEVEMENT FOR A RHODE ISLAND HOCKEY PLAYER OVERCOMING TRAGEDY. THE YOUNG MAN WHO LOST FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE PAWTUCKET SHOOTING, SENDS HIS TEAM TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. TAKE A LOOK. A BREAK IN THE OTHER WAY. IT’S GORGON. OH MY GOODNESS. A STORYBOOK ENDING TO THE SEMIFINAL. WE HAVE TEARS IN OUR EYES AND GOOSEBUMPS RIGHT NOW. NICK. NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT YOUNG MAN. BUT THERE’S A MOMENT FOR HIM THAT HE’LL NEVER FORGET. OH, THAT JUST GIVES YOU CHILLS. THAT WAS THE MOMENT COLIN DORGAN SENT THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY CO-OP INTO THE DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. COLIN LOST HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND GRANDFATHER DURING THE SHOOTING AT THE DAVID LYNCH ARENA IN PAWTUCKET LAST MONTH. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS FATHER, ROBERT, WHO ALSO WENT BY ROBERTA, OPENED FIRE BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. COLIN DORGAN TOLD OUR NEWS PARTNERS WPRI THE GOAL WAS, QUOTE, THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE. AND THE WAY THE CROWD ERUPTED. THE ANNOUNCERS THAT THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT HE WAS EVEN BACK ON THE ICE.

A high school hockey player whose three family members died after a shooting at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ice rink scored the winning goal Wednesday to send the Blackstone Valley Co-Op team into the state championship.Colin Dorgan’s mother, Rhonda Dorgan, and brother, Aiden Dorgan, were killed when Colin’s father, Robert Dorgan, opened fire at the David Lynch Arena in Pawtucket last month. Colin’s grandfather, Gerald Dorgan, who was also shot, died days later at the hospital.Colin, who attends North Providence High School, plays for the Blackstone Valley Co-Op team. Colin scored on a breakaway in double overtime to lift Blackstone to a 3-2 victory over Portsmouth. Colin told WPRI that the goal was “the best moment of my life.” The team now advances to the Rhode Island Division 2 hockey final, which will be held on March 18 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence.A family friend and Colin’s grandmother were also injured in the Feb. 16 shooting. Robert Dorgan was subdued by bystanders before turning the gun on himself. A motive has never been established.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —

A high school hockey player whose three family members died after a shooting at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ice rink scored the winning goal Wednesday to send the Blackstone Valley Co-Op team into the state championship.

Colin Dorgan’s mother, Rhonda Dorgan, and brother, Aiden Dorgan, were killed when Colin’s father, Robert Dorgan, opened fire at the David Lynch Arena in Pawtucket last month. Colin’s grandfather, Gerald Dorgan, who was also shot, died days later at the hospital.

Colin, who attends North Providence High School, plays for the Blackstone Valley Co-Op team. Colin scored on a breakaway in double overtime to lift Blackstone to a 3-2 victory over Portsmouth.

Colin told WPRI that the goal was “the best moment of my life.” The team now advances to the Rhode Island Division 2 hockey final, which will be held on March 18 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence.

A family friend and Colin’s grandmother were also injured in the Feb. 16 shooting.

Robert Dorgan was subdued by bystanders before turning the gun on himself. A motive has never been established.