Boys' hockey

ST. CLOUD -- The Little Falls Flyers fell to the St. Cloud Tech Tigers 5-1 in a Central Lakes Conference boys' hockey game Thursday.

Little Falls scored its only goal in the second period when Issac Smieja tallied, assisted by Peter Herman. Little Falls kept it close until the third period when it gave up three goals.

"We hung in there as best we could," said Little Falls coach Tony Couture. "We had a couple mental breakdowns where we scored and then they scored two quick goals within a minute.

"We just can't give people opportunities with mental mistakes. Despite not winning the game I feel we are still playing good hockey."

Little Falls 0 1 0 -- 1

St. Cloud Tech 0 2 3 -- 5

Second Period -- LF- Issac Smieja (Peter Herman) 8:11, SCT- Brian Fuchs (Michael Gerads, Jason Meemken) 8:30, Brett Howard (Aaron Bestgen, Zach Laudenbach) 9:50

Third period -- SCT- Tommy Smith (Andrew Kassa, R.J. Linder) 6:32, Kyle Knudson (Travis Winter) 10:50, Lance Wheeler (Kassa, Travis Deters) 14:19

Shots on goal -- LF 11, SCT 25

Goalies -- LF, Ian Bakke (20 saves), SCT, Tyson Best (10 saves)

Conference -- LF 0-3. Overall -- LF 0-5. Next game -- Little Falls tournament Dec. 28-30.