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Colin Dorgan battled through misery to achieve triumph for his Rhode Island boys high school<\/a> hockey team on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Dorgan put Blackstone Valley Schools into the Division II championship game when he scored the game-winning goal in double overtime against Portsmouth. The team won the game, 3-2.<\/p>\n

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Colin Dorgan (17), of Blackstone Valley boys hockey, scores a game-winning goal on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III\/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

“Greatest moment of my life,” he told WPRI-TV<\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s helped the team tremendously throughout the playoffs. He scored two goals in the final game of a best-of-three quarterfinal series earlier in the tournament, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The biggest thing for us after the tragedy took place was to keep them together as a family,” Blackstone Valley coach Chris Librizzi told WPRI-TV. “I was with [Colin] every single day, and his sister, and we as a group, as well, got together for 14 days straight. And I believe it made a difference. The bonding that this team went through every day the last two weeks has been nothing less than superior.”<\/p>\n

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Blackstone Valley boys hockey celebrates a win in double overtime on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III\/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

The championship game is set for March 18 in Providence.<\/p>\n

It was only last month when a shooter, identified by police as Robert Dorgan, fatally shot his ex-wife<\/a>, Rhonda Dorgan, at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket. His son Aidan Dorgan and father, Gerald Dorgan, were also fatally wounded in the shooting.<\/p>\n

The shooter, who identified as transgender<\/a>, also went by the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, authorities said, adding the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

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Colin Dorgan, of Blackstone Valley boys hockey, helps the team to win over Portsmouth, 3-2, in double overtime on March 11, 2026. (Louis Walker III\/Special to The Providence Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

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Colin Dorgan, the son of Robert and Rhonda, was playing on the ice when the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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