Originally Published: 12 MAR 26 14:57 ET

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    PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (WCVB) -- 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.

"It left you speechless because you couldn't have scripted it any better," said Nick Coit, the play-by-play announcer for the game. "Could Hollywood write a better script? Definitely not. For this young man to go through what he went through just a few short weeks ago, then to experience this moment, it just speaks to what a community can do to rally around somebody."

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.

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