PORTLAND, ME -- The Buccaneers took to the road on Saturday for their second LEC game of the season against the Southern Maine Huskies. Coming off of a conference opening loss to Keene State last Saturday at home, the Bucs beat the Huskies handley, 19-8.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 18, Huskies 9

Records: Maritime (3-6, 1-1)

              Southern Maine (2-4, 0-1)

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Sean Lally (W, 3-3): 4 GA | 45 Min | 5 Sv | 9 SH

Southern Maine: Nathan Plourde (L, 2-4): 19 GA | 60 Min | 12 Sv | 31 SH

In The Field

Maritime

• Senior Captain Spencer Jones scored a game-high five goals.
• Mitchell Maida scored four goals. Nick Lamattina scored three times and Jack Iversen added two scores.
• Peter Raei, Dale Donovan, Braeden Kosiewicz, and Doug Walker each scored once.
• Gage Coolahan, Jones and Maida had two assists each.
• Walker had a helping of his own in the win.
• Steven McBrine led the Bucs with five ground balls.
• The Bucs picked up 32 ground balls, were successful on 15 of 20 clears, won 13 of 30 faceoffs, all by McBrine, and took 67 total shots in the game

Southern Maine

• Tucker Nussinow led the Huskies with four goals. 
• Nick James scored twice. Andrew James and Schuyler Wetmore scored one apiece to round out the Huskies scoring.
• James led USM in the assist category with two. Four other players recorded helpers in the loss.
• Robby Pini picked up a game-high six ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• The Huskies picked up 26 total ground balls, were successful on 12 of 17 clears, won 17 of 30 faceoffs, and took a total of 29 shots in the loss.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers scored early and often in their second ever Little East Conference Game. Maritime scored four times in the first quarter across a nine-minute period. With the Bucs defense keeping the Huskies off the board, the Bucs led the game 4-0 at the end of one.

In the second quarter, it was mostly Buccaneers once again. They scored four times in the first nine minutes of the quarter to take an 8-0 lead with just over six minutes left in the half. With 3:28 left in the quarter, Southern Maine got on the board on a Nussinow score to make it 8-1. Each team would add another goal in the quarter from Jack Iversen and James The Bucs led the game 9-2 at the end of the half. 

In the third, the Bucs scored seven more times and held the Huskies to just two goals. Southern Maine opened the scoring 45 seconds into the quarter. Maritime then rattled off three goals of their own to make the score 12-3. USM scored again with 6:34 on the clock to cut the deficit to eight. Over the final six minutes of the third, including three goals in less than a minute, the Bucs scored four times to take a 12-goal, 16-4 lead.

In the fourth, to begin the quarter, the Bucs extended their scoring run to six goals with two scores from Maida. Down 18-4, Southern Maine scored four of the final five goals of the game. That wouldn't be enough for the Huskies as the Bucs went on to win by 11, 19-8, to win their first LEC game and move to 3-6 on the season.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are off until next Saturday when they will take on LEC leaders UMass-Boston at home at 7pm.