VALENCIA PULLS OFF UPSET.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News The Valencia Vipers Jr. B hockey team pulled off what was perhaps its biggest upset in franchise history Sunday, shocking the Bay City Bay City. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,936), seat of Bay co., S Mich., a port of entry on the Saginaw River at its mouth on Saginaw Bay (an inlet of Lake Huron); inc. 1859 with the consolidation of several settlements along the river. Its harbor handles Great Lakes and ocean shipping. Bay City is the industrial, marketing, and transportation center of a rich farm area that yields sugar beets, potatoes, and dairy products. Shipbuilding is also important. Bombers of Lakewood in a 7-6 overtime thriller at Ice Station Valencia. Defenseman Kevin Lapp LAPP - Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting, Inc. LAPP - Logarithm of a Posteriori Probability LAPP - London Association of Primal Psychotherapists (UK) LAPP - Los Alamos Polycrystal Plasticity LAPP - Los Alamos Portable Pulser (Saugus High) scored the game-winner 46 seconds into the overtime period on a power play. The Vipers (5-16-1) had lost the previous two games of their three-game series against Bay City by a combined 13-3. The Bombers (16-5-2,) who are in third place in the Western States Hockey League's Western Division, are by far the best team Valencia has defeated. Their previous victories have come against Peoria 1 City (1990 pop. 50,618), Maricopa co., central Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix; settled 1897, inc. 1954. With the completion of the Arizona Canal in 1885, the area was settled by families from Peoria, Ill., and became an agricultural trading center. Peoria is now one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States; its population more than doubled between 1990 and 2000. It produces sheet metal, textile products, and machinery parts., Ariz., and Idaho teams that are a combined 1-37. The victory was especially improbable considering the Vipers were without Chris Gale (Highland High of Palmdale) and Anthony Kendryna (Saugus/College of the Canyons,) their two leading scorers, who were among six players (three from each team) ejected for fighting late in the final regulation period. Gale led Valencia with two goals. ``To come off the mat and score seven goals, especially since we got beat pretty soundly the first two games, that was a pretty good effort,'' Vipers coach Larry Bruyere said. ``They were obviously pretty excited.'' Dispersal draft: The WSHL WSHL - Western States Hockey League will have a dispersal draft for players on the recently dissolved Tucson (Ariz.) franchise. The Tilt was taken over by the league on Wednesday. League official said the franchise was financially mismanaged. The league's general managers established the ground rules for the dispersal in a Thursday conference call. Teams will be allowed to draft players in reverse order of their league standings, meaning Peoria (0-22) will get the first selection. Valencia has the league's fourth worst record. Teams are not permitted to contact players, however information on their status with the Tucson team, including how much they paid in to play for the team, will be made available to all teams. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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