Rhode Island hockey team wins state title after deadly rink shooting
A Rhode Island high school hockey team won the state championship just weeks after a deadly shooting at a local rink. The February shooting at a hockey arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, left three people dead, plus the gunman . The three people killed were all related to Colin Dorgan, a high school senior who is a member of the Blackstone Valley team that beat Lincoln 3-2 in quadruple overtime in the Division 2 state championship game on Wednesday, March 18.
"I truly felt it in my heart and my soul that they're still with me," Dorgan told the media after the game. "I love them so much, and they're still here and I know it. " Blackstone Valley Co-op won the Rhode Island Division II championship Tuesday night.
Colin Dorgan, whose family members were killed in a shooting at the teams Senior Day last month, scored the game-tying goal with less than a minute left in regulation. Blackstone Valley went on… pic. twitter.
com/P0PRwDYLnw — ESPN (@espn) March 19, 2026 Dorgan tied the game late, before his team prevailed in the fourth overtime. We. Are.
Tied. With 32. 2 seconds left in the third period, Blackstone Valley Schools ties it up on a Colin Dorgan shot.