The Packer boys hockey team saw a closely contested game turn into an 8-3 loss in a matter of 10 minutes against Faribault in Riverside Arena Thursday.

Devin McCune trailed on a Josh Detwiler breakway for a rebound to make it 2-1 Packers and Ethan Larson knocked one in off Faribault goalie Cody Morsching’s pad to make it 3-1 with 6:34 left in the second period, but Austin (2-9 overall, 1-4 Big Nine) wouldn’t score the rest of the way.

The Falcons (5-7 overall, l 3-0 Big Nine) scored twice in the in a two-minute span near the end of the third as Jack Helgeson angled one past defenseman Pat Wagner and goalie Rainer Londino-Green and he one-timed a pass from Zach Miller to tie the game.

Faribault scored five goals in the third to put it away and Helgeson ended up with five goals and seven points.

SCORING SUMMARY

Faribault 0 3 5 — 8

Austin 0 3 0 — 3

First period

No scoring

Second period

(A) Jaret Retterath (Devin McCune) :24

(F) Sean Lipinski (Jack Helgeson) 1:25

(A) McCune (Josh Detwiler, Retterath) 6:05

(A) Ethan Larson 10:26

(F) Helgeson (Cody Colegrove, Lipinski) 13:49

(F) Helgeson (Lipinski) 14:47

Third period

(F) Lipinski (Helgeson, Colbey Hullett) 2:00

(F) Connor Wierschem (Jacob Fritz) 4:18

(F) Helgeson (Wierschem) 4:46

(F) Helgeson (Colegrove) (shorthanded) 6:11

(F) Helgeson (Hullett) (powerplay) 9:53

Shots: Austin — 29; Faribault — 38

Powerplays: Austin — 0-for-5; Faribault — 0-for-2