BRUNSWICK, Me. -- Sophomore newcomer Oliver Flynn had a goal and two assists Saturday afternoon and the Amherst College men's hockey team used three special team goals to rally past host Bowdoin, 5-2, at the Sydney J. Watson Arena. 

Amherst improved to 6-6-1 overall, 3-3-1 in the conference while the Polar Bears dipped to 5-8-0 overall, 3-4-0 in the NESCAC. 

The Mammoths are back in action Friday for a 7 p.m. conference contest at Connecticut College. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst trailed 1-0 after the first period and that score held for much of the second stanza despite the Mammoths holding a 20-6 edge in shots at one point. 

* On the Mammoths' third power-play of the game and second of the second period, they were able to find the equalizer. Ray Hou slid the puck to Flynn in the slot and hs quick wrister was saved, but the rebound went directly to Bobby Luca, unmarked at the left of the goal and he buried his shot into the top left corner of the net to tie things, 1-1, with 3:44 remaining in the period. 

* Bowdoin went on the power play with inside of two minutes remaining in the second stanza, but in the closing seconds, some alert forechecking by Luca led to the go-ahead goal. Luca chased down a Polr Bear defender and the puck in the right corner, winning possession. He fired the uck to Josh Burke and Bruke's shot found the net with 12.2 seconds on the clock for a short-handed tally and a 2-1 Amherst lead.

* Nursing a 2-1 lead in the final frame, the Mammoths were once again awarded a power-play opportunity. Flynn won a puck in the right corner and fired a tough-angle shot off the near right post. The puck came to Cristobal Tola, whose shot from the slot was saved. However the puck came right back to Tola. Rather than take another shot, he made the savvy play and slid a pass to his left to Hou, who was alone in the left face-off circle. Hou's one-timer found the top left corner of the goal for a 3-1 lead with 11:58 to go in the contest. 

* Bowdoin pulled its goalie out of the net in favor of an extra skater with about 5 minutes and change remaining. The Mammoths took advantage on a heady play by Ben Kuzma, who checked a Bowdoin player off the puck at the Amherst blue line, gained control and slid a pass to Zach Murray, who then went into the Bowdoin zone 2 on 1 with Flynn and no goalie. Murray slid the puck to Flynn whose fired a shot into the unattended goal for a 4-1 lead with 4:13 remaining in the game. 

* After Bowdoin scored a goal with an extra attacker on the ice, an a second empty-netter, this one from Magnus Gadowsky with 1:35 left, ice the win for Amherst.

BY THE NUMBERS:

*  Amherst finished with a 29-23 shot advantage. The Mammoths went 2 for 4 on the power play in the win. 

* Andrew Palena made 21 saves, 16 of those coming in the third and final period, to earn the win. 

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