Colin Dorgan, Blackstone Valley Co-op win title after tragedy - ESPN

The Rhode Island high school hockey team that was on the ice during a mass shooting in the stands last month capped its season with a state title Wednesday.

No. 5 seed Blackstone Valley Co-op captured the Division 2 championship over No. 2 Lincoln and did so in dramatic fashion, tying the game late in regulation and then winning it in a fourth overtime, 3-2, sending fans at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence into a wild celebration.

Again at the center of the playoff success was Colin Dorgan.

The senior's mother, brother and grandfather were killed in the shooting that erupted while he was playing a Senior Day game with his Blackstone Valley Co-op teammates at Rhode Island's Dennis M. Lynch Arena last month. Police identified Robert Dorgan as the shooter who killed ex-wife Rhonda Dorgan and son Aidan Dorgan on Feb. 16 in the stands. Authorities say the shooting was targeted. Colin Dorgan's grandfather Gerald Dorgan was also shot and later died from his wounds, and two others were severely injured.

The tragedy rattled a close-knit hockey community, with many wondering whether and how the high school hockey season could continue. Yet in the weeks since, Dorgan not only repeatedly laced up his skates as team captain but performed so well that he helped propel the team to the Division 2 final thanks a double-OT game-winner in the semifinals last week.

In Wednesday's final, it was Dorgan's goal off a deflection that tied the game with about 30 seconds left. Four overtimes later, teammate Jaxon Boyes won it.

The ending was a much-needed catharsis for a team that has grappled with grief and trauma for weeks.

The chaotic attack was stopped after a handful of bystanders rushed the shooter as the crowd fled. Robert Dorgan, who