NORTHFIELD, VT -- The Buccaneers traveled to Vermont on Saturday for their annual matchup with the Norwich Cadets. Maritime made the trip worthwhile, getting goals from seven players and holding off the Cadets late in the fourth quarter to win 13-9.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 13, Cadets 9

Records: Maritime 2-0

               Norwich 1-4

Between the Pipes

Maritime: Eddie Keller (W, 1-0): 9 GA | 5 SV | 14 SH | 60 Min

Norwich: Mason Dills (L, 1-2): 13 GA | 16 SV | 29 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Reigning LEC Rookie of the Year, Quinn Mucha, scored a game-high three goals in the win.
• Daniel Kane, Braeden Kosiewicz, Joe Vricella, and Kyle Shanahan scored twice.
• James Sullivan, and Ryan McDonough each had one goal.
• Kane tallied three assists in the win with Mucha notching two. Cooper Barrett, Sullivan, and freshman Chilton Cabot had one assist each.
• Brian Rosher led the team in ground balls with nine in the game and won 17-of-23 faceoffs in the win.
• Defensively, Sullivan led all players with four caused turnovers.
• In total, Maritime picked up 40 ground balls, were successful on 13-of-18 clear attempts, won 17-of-23 faceoffs, and took 45 shot in the game.

Norwich

• Christian Rainis led the Cadets with three goals. Six other players scored once.
• Drew Fleury had two assists to lead his team in the category. Six other Cadets had one assist. 
• Mason Dils led the team in ground balls with eight. 
• Faceoff man Jackson Forbes won 4-of-14 faceoffs he took. 
• Defensively, Clayton Cisar led his team with three caused turnovers. Three others had two caused turnovers.
• In total, Norwich picked up 37 ground balls, were successful on 14-of-20 clear attempts, won 6-of-23 faceoffs, and took 28 total shots.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers scored first in the game on a goal from Vricella less than three minutes in. Maritime held on to their one-goal advantage for three minutes until the Cadets tied the game at 1-1 with 9:42 left in the first quarter. Vricella scored again at 5:37 to give the Buccaneers their second lead. Sullivan extended the lead to two goals with 1:19 left in the first. Maritime led, 3-1, after one quarter.

In the second, Mucha opened the scoring with his first of the day and put the Bucs up 4-1. Norwich scored back-to-back goals at 8:46 then 4:53 to close the gap to one goal, 4-3. With six seconds left in the half, Shanahan scored his first to give the Bucs a two-goal, 5-3, lead at the half.

The Bucs controlled the third period with three straight goals to open the second half. Shanahan, Kosiewicz, and Kane all scored in the first 4:24 of the third with Kosiewicz and Kane's goals separated by just 12 seconds. Norwich netted one goal in the quarter at 6:44 and neither team scored again in the period. Maritime led the Cadets, 8-4, at the end of the third quarter.

Maritime started the fourth quarter strong with three straight goals for the second quarter in a row on goals from Mucha, Kane, and Kosiewicz in the first 3:42 of the fourth. Down 11-4, Norwich sprinkled in a goal from Rainis before the Bucs scored two in a row from the sticks of Mucha and McDonough at 9:10 and 6:52. In the final 5:22 of the game, Norwich made a push scoring four in a row to end the game. the first came at 5:22 with the last three goals coming in the final 1:35 of the contest. The Bucs held off the full comeback to win by four, 13-9.

What's Next

Maritime is back on the road for their next game on Tuesday, March 11th against Manhattanville in Purchase, N.Y. at 4:30pm.