Little Falls crushes River Lakes 12-0

LITTLE FALLS - Ben Hanowski had four goals and Ben Nelson had a hat trick as the Little Falls Flyers boys' hockey team rolled past the River Lakes Stars 12-0 in Central Lakes Conference hockey Thursday.

Ben Hanowski and Nelson each had assists in the Flyers' victory.

Beau Hanowski played a key role in his younger brother's performance, assisting on two of his four goals and finishing with two goals and two assists of his own.

Flyers goaltender Michael Sperl had 12 saves on his way to recording the shutout.

River Lakes 0 0 0 - 0

Little Falls 4 6 2 - 12

First period: LF-Ben Hanowski (Izaak Berglund, Beau Hanowski) :38; LF-Chris Sylvester (Andrew Lange) 6:55; LF-Ben Hanowski (Berglund, Logan Kalis) 12:33; LF-Ben Nelson (Zak Laird) 16:16 SHG

Second period: LF-Ben Hanowski (Kalis, Riley Hirsch) :45; LF-Ben Hanowski (Beau Hanowski, Jordan Gosiak) 4:58; LF-Nelson (Hirsch) 6:14; LF-Beau Hanowski (Wesley Waytashek, Berglund) 7:13; LF-Kalis (Nelson) 8:34 SHG; LF-Nelson (Laird, Joe Rydeen) 14:18

Third period: LF-Beau Hanowski (Ben Hanowski, Waytashek) :25; LF-Lange (Sylvester, Gosiak) 11:00

Shots on goal: LF-43, RL-12

Goalies: LF-Michael Sperl (12 saves), RL-Theis, Sieben (31 total saves)

Conference: 3-1. Overall: 5-2. Next: Little Falls hosts Morris Area 7 p.m. Thursday.