
When Colin Dorgan takes the ice Wednesday to compete in the Rhode Island Division 2 boys' state championship, three seats will be noticeably empty in the crowded arena.
The high school senior's mother, brother and grandfather should be there to celebrate one of the most exciting moments in his hockey career, but that opportunity was robbed when all three were killed in a shooting that erupted while Dorgan was playing a game with his Blackstone Valley Co-op teammates.