Seahawks sweep Golden Bears for seventh straight

SEAHAWK MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS
Salve Regina 5, Western New England 2
St. George's Rink - Middletown, R.I.
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Summary
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. - The Salve Regina University men's ice hockey team defeated Western New England University 5-2 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday night for its seventh straight win.

Series and Streaks
The Seahawks are now 26-11-1 all-time versus the Golden Bears and have won six in a row in the series.

Three Stars of the Game

1. Salve Regina junior Mitch Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) scored twice and had an assist to move into first place in the CCC for scoring on the season (10g, 11a).
2. Salve Regina sophomore Levi Mitchell (Olds, Alta.) made 19 saves to grab his first career win between the pipes and improve to 1-1-0 on the season.
3. Western New England sophomore Anthony Aureliano (Old Brookville, N.Y.) matched a season-high with 44 saves in the loss to fall to 1-4-0 in net.

Turning Point
The Seahawks line of Seth Benson (Moorhead, Minn.), Damon Zimmer (Camrose, Alta.), and Mitch Walinski took over the second period to put the Seahawks in control. Zimmer gave the Seahawks the lead at 4:25 before Benson made it 3-1 at 9:48. With time winding down in the period Walinski snapped home a shot from the left circle during a 4-on-4 with just 26 seconds remaining to put the Seahawks up 4-1. The third period was mostly played on special teams, but both squads came up empty with the advantage. Kaiden Kanderka (Red Deer, Alta.) converted on a penalty shot for his first-career goal to make it 5-1 at 6:25 of the third. Connor Geshan (Oakton, Va.) would get the goal back less than a minute later, but the Golden Bears ran out of gas and could not get the game any closer.

Quick Hits

• Salve Regina outshot the Golden Bears 49-21.
• Western New England went 1-for-9 on the powerplay, the lone tally coming from Kyle Knight (Mantua, N.J.) to open the scoring, while the Seahawks went 0-for-9 on the man advantage.

Next Up
Salve Regina (11-4-0, 9-2-0 CCC) will host University of New England on Monday, January 24 at 8 p.m., while Western New England (4-10-1, 2-9-0 CCC) will next play on Wednesday, January 26, versus Suffolk at 12:30 p.m.