Overview
- The senior scored on a breakaway with 48.1 seconds left in double overtime to beat Portsmouth 3-2 at Schneider Arena, calling it “the greatest moment of my life” in an interview with WPRI-TV.
- Blackstone Valley advances to the Division II state championship on March 18 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence.
- Police said the Feb. 16 attack at Pawtucket’s Dennis M. Lynch Arena killed Rhonda, Aidan and Gerald Dorgan and that the shooter, identified as Robert Dorgan, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
- Officials reported the shooter targeted family members, bystanders intervened to restrain the assailant, and a motive has not been established; Linda Dorgan and family friend Thomas Geruso were wounded.
- Players wear heart patches with the victims’ initials, and coach Chris Librizzi said the group met daily and paused nearly three weeks before returning to the ice for the playoff run.