HOCKEY: VALENCIA VIPERS SHOW FORTITUDE LATE GAME RALLY ENDS IN NEAR WIN.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer VALENCIA -- After spending most of Sunday's season opening 7-6 overtime loss to the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Surf mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in futility Futility See also Despair, Frustration. American Scene, The portrays Americans as having secured necessities; now looking for amenities. [Am. Lit.: The American Scene] Babio performs the useless and supererogatory. [Fr. , something finally clicked for the Valencia Vipers Jr. B hockey team. After settling for perimeter shots most of the game, the Vipers began to force the issue in the third period. They established a presence in front of the San Diego net, screened the goalie and created better scoring opportunities, Valencia coach Larry Bruyere said. Valencia took advantage of those chances, rallying from a 6-3 deficit in the third period to send the game into overtime. ``Throughout most of the game we playing peripheral hockey,'' Vipers coach Larry Bruyere said. ``We had 58 shots, when you get that many shots you expect to win, but most of our shots were coming from the periphery.'' Chris Gale and Peter Zamkochyan each scored two goals for the Vipers. Abe Palezyan scored the tying goal with just over three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. remaining. Bruyere said Valencia's performance had the feel of a season-opener. The Vipers, who are fielding their youngest team since the team was formed in 2001, made a lot of mistakes that are to be expected for an experienced team in an early season game. ``Any time you give up seven goals you can't be too happy, but I think we showed some fortitude Fortitude See also Bravery. Fratricide (See MURDER.) Asia despite torture, refuses to deny Moses. [Islam: Walsh Classical, 35] Calantha fulfills wifely and queenly duties despite losses. [Br. Lit. coming back in the third period the way we did,'' Bruyere said. Formidable foe: The Vipers play host to the perennially dominant Phoenix Polar Bears The Phoenix Polar Bears are a member of the Western States Hockey League. The Polar Bears are a Tier II Junior Hockey Club based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Their host facility is the Desert Schools Coytotes Center in Chandler, Arizona. for the three-game series that began Friday. The two teams play tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 10 a.m. Phoenix (3-0) has already outscored its opponents by 24 goals. ``Phoenix is always strong and this year is no exception,'' Bruyere said. ``Our goal is to play solid middle-of-the ice hockey ice hockey: see hockey, ice. ice hockey Game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates. The object is to drive a puck (a small, hard rubber disk) into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point. . We feel if we can keep the scores down we have a chance to steal a game or two.'' Top-tier program: The Tier 2 Midget SoCal Vipers 18-and-under team based out of Valencia and Simi Valley's Easy Street Ice Arena, is ranked fourth in the nation by nationalyouthhockeyrankings.com. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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