Orono, ME – Brian Flynn was in the right place at the right time on Friday.

Parked in front of the net, Flynn proved to be the hero by being able to out-position his opponent and score a goal that was one for the record books.

Flynn found the back of the night with 2:10 remaining in the game, giving Maine a 5-4 victory over Providence College in Hockey East action.

With only two minutes left in overtime, Maine (2-2-1, 2-1-0 Hockey East) kept the pressure on Friars’ goalie Alex Beaudry and that allowed the Black Bear offense to keep putting shots on net.

Flynn missed the puck on a tap-in opportunity, but the tough Black Bear captain kept with the play and it turned out to be amazing.

Tangled up with two Friars, Flynn was driven to his knees, but once on the ground Flynn with his forehand corralled the puck hand and scoped it toward the net that was behind him.

“I got knocked over onto my knees and down on my forehand,” said Flynn. “The net was behind my back and I just 180 spun around.”

The Friars struck first just 3:09 into the first period after Chris Rooney charged the net, forcibly squeezed the puck through Maine goalie Martin Ouellette, and sent the goaltender crashing to the ground. No penalty was called on the play and Providence took a 1-0 lead.

The Black Bears defense had a shaking first period by giving up the puck deep into their zone, at times giving up point blank shots on Ouellette. The sophomore kept his head up and the puck out of the net making glove saves and smoother the puck when he needed.

“I thought we played good,” said Maine defenseman Matt Mangene. “We had a couple of mental collapses, but all and all we played well and got a big win.”

The Black Bears drew a penalty on a Friar power play forcing a four on four match-up.

On the ensuing face off, the puck squirted through the mass of players and found defensemen Mike Cornell near the blue line. The junior assistant captain scored his first goal of the season on a slapshot three seconds into the four-on-four.

The Black Bear goal was the only first period goal allowed by the Friars from an opposing Hockey East team.

The game stayed even throughout the rest of the first period, sending both teams to the locker room looking for the go-ahead goal in the second.

A fire was lit under Joey Diamond in the second period as the feisty Long Island native scored two goals to give Maine the lead twice in the period.

Diamond scored on a wraparound shot that took the forward a few extra hacks and pokes before he got it past Beaudry.

A few minutes after Diamonds first goal, Providence’s Robert Maloney picked up the puck in the Black Bear offensive zone and went screaming toward the net. Maloney had excellent stick and puck control as he deked by Ouellette and scored with a backhander, sending the puck to the roof of the net at the 13:07 mark of the second period.

With only four minutes, left in the second period Diamond came to the rescue again. Mangene wrangle the puck in the neutral zone then dished to Diamond, who launched the puck from the right circle scoring over Beaudry.

Diamond’s second goal lifted Maine to a 3-2 lead at the end of two periods.

The third period was roller coaster ride for both teams.

Providence’s Stephan Demonpoulos scored shorthanded to tie the game, 3-3, midway into the period off a huge rebound. Ouellette made a wraparound save, but the puck went sliding to the far right of the goalkeeper to Demopoulos for an easy goal.

Kyle Beattie scored the only Black Bear goal in the third period pulling his team ahead of the Friars 4-3, at the 13:14 mark in the third.

Steven Shamanski found his first goal of the season late in the third period, which tied the game, 4-4, for the Friars one last time.

Neither team was able to find another goal in regulation to send them to overtime, although it appeared Flynn might have ended the game earlier than overtime. The goal was reviewed and ruled no goal by the officials.

Martin Ouellette kept his winning streak alive against the Friars with his third straight victory after making 23 saves.