Keene, N.H. -- The Bucs traveled to New Hampshire on Tuesday to take on a very good Keene State Owls team in conference play. The big difference in the game was the nine-goal second quarter by the Owls causing the Bucs to fall 21-8.

The Basics

Final: Owls 21, Buccaneers 8

Records: Keene State (4-4, 2-0)

               Maritime (4-4, 1-1)

Between The Pipes

Keene State: Charlie Giuliotti (W, 4-4): 10 sv | 8 ga | 18 sh | 51:57 min

Maritime: Dean Fey (L, 1-2): 10 sv | 21 ga | 31 sh | 60 min

In The Field

Maritime

• Gage Coolahan led all Bucs with two goals in the game.
• Mitchell Maida, Ryan Cameron, Daniel Kane, Cooper Barrett, Braeden Kosiewicz and Ryan McDonough each scored once.
• Maida had two assists in the game, Barrett had one helper.
• Brian Rosher led Maritime in ground balls with seven and wn 15-of-32 faceoffs.
• In total, the Bucs picked up 23 ground balls, were successful on 15-of-18 clears, won 16-of-33 faceoffs, and took 38 shots in the loss.

Keene State

• Cooper Cioffi led the Owls in goals and ground balls, scoring a game-high seven goals and picking up a game-high 12 ground balls.
• Four other Owls had multi-goal games and six had one-goal games.
• Rex Maccarini led the game with four assists. Seven other players recorded one helper.
• In total, the Owls picked up 29 ground balls, were successful on 19-of-21 clears, won 17-of-33 faceoffs, and took 56 total shots in the win.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers and Owls traded goals in the first three minutes with Keene scoring first at 13:53 and the Bucs answering at 12:45 on a goal from Coolahan. Keene then went on to score five in a row and keep Maritime off the board for the remainder of the quarter. The Owls led 6-1 after the first quarter of play.

In the second, Maritime opened the scoring on Kane's score to make it 6-2. Keene answered less than 30 seconds later and added another less than 30 seconds after that to go up six goals, 8-2. The Bucs scored again at 12:18 on Coolahan's second of the day which was followed by four straight by the Owls. At 6:39, the Bucs scored again to make it 12-4. Keene State closed out the first half with three more goals and led at the break, 15-4.

In the third quarter, Keene scored first at 14:17 to make it 16-4. Cameron and Maida scored back-to-back for the Bucs to make it 16-6. Keene broke up the goal streak for the Bucs at 7:06 though the Bucs got another from Kosiewicz at 4:02 and they trailed 17-7 at that point. Keene scored twice in under 30 seconds to close out the third and led 19-7 at the end of three quarters.

Keene scored their third in a row to begin the fourth followed by a McDonough goal for the Bucs at 13:23. The Owls scored at 7:58 on a power play to take a 21-8 lead which would go down in the books as the final in this one.

What's Next

The Buccaneers travel to UMass Boston on Saturday for another LEC matchup against the Beacons. Faceoff is scheduled for 1pm.