Overview
- No. 5 Blackstone Valley defeated No. 2 Lincoln 3-2 in four overtimes at Providence’s Amica Mutual Pavilion to win the RIIL Division II championship.
- Captain Colin Dorgan tied the game with about 30 seconds left in regulation, days after scoring the double-overtime semifinal winner.
- Jaxon Boyes netted the decisive goal in the fourth overtime to secure Blackstone Valley’s first state title.
- Police say the Pawtucket rink shooting was targeted and killed Dorgan’s mother Rhonda, brother Aidan and grandfather Gerald; bystanders intervened, and the gunman died of an apparent self-inflicted shot.
- Following counseling sessions, every player returned to play, and teammates wore heart patches bearing the victims’ initials as visible tributes.