MIDDLETOWN, R.I.-- Salve Regina University men's ice hockey fended off Wesleyan University 2-1 when senior Cade DeStefani scored his second game winning goal in the last three games at Howard Rink on Wednesday night. 

The Seahawks hosted the team's 5th annual Mental Health Awareness Night in collaboration with Newport Mental Health and NOSOLO. Newport Mental Health president & CEO Dayna Gladstein joined the captains on the ice for a ceremonial puck drop.

The Seahawks were the first to score with the luck of an own goal when the Cardinals knocked it into the net after a loose puck struggle right front of the goal crease in the second period. Wesleyan came back from the deficit to make it a 1-1 game midway through the third period. Less than five minutes later DeStefani netted his 5th goal of the season to give the Seahawks a 2-1 lead that they held onto indefinitely. The Cardinals saw a six on four dynamic with a Seahawk skater in the penalty box and an empty net but Salve Regina successfully thwarted the visitors efforts to score. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 2, Wesleyan 1
Records: Salve Regina (8-1-0), Wesleyan (2-4-0)
History: Salve Regina is 3-3-1 all-time against Wesleyan. Last year, when the teams last saw each other the Seahawks and Cardinals tied 2-2.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Salve Regina outshot Wesleyan 40-21.
• Selby Warren made 20 stops and played the full 60 minutes in goal for Salve Regina

ON THE HORIZON
Men's Ice hockey will be on the road for a two-game series starting Friday, December 5, against Hiram Collage. The contests will be played at Pegula Ice Arena on the campus of Penn State University.