Tuesday night the Essex 73's hosted the Wheatley Sharks and needed two empty net goals in the third period to finish the job. The game was marred by penalties, particularly in the second period as both teams were whistled for fighting majors at the 9:33 mark. Essex led 3-2 after one period, and 4-3 after two periods. Essex went up 5-3 with 1:39 left in the game, thanks to an empty net goal, but Wheatley managed to score one of their own with the cage unoccupied to make it a o

Daniel Cinelli watched from the sidelines patiently the first couple games of the season, but he got his moment Thursday night and stopped all 15 shots to earn his first ever junior win - a 3-0 shutout over the Walpole Island Wild, Thursday night in Walpole. Cinelli, 17 years old and from Oldcastle, played last season with Bio Steel Academy and is a product of the Sun County Panthers program. Fellow rookie Justin Shaw (Riverside) led the 73's offensively with a pair of goals

The Essex 73’s got their first win of the season, and first career win for head coach Matt Puempel, in Provincial Junior Hockey League regular season play Tuesday night in Essex. Coming off a frustrating road setback in their season opener against the Wheatley Sharks, the 73’s returned to familiar ice determined to establish their home-ice advantage early in the campaign. Nearly off the opening puck drop, forward Austin Guevremont, who netted the lone Essex goal in the season