Bennett Horrocks put on a goaltender clinic Saturday night in Amherstburg kicking out 70-of-73 shots including 34 alone in the third period as the Essex 73's narrowly defeated the Admirals 3-2 to move to 5-1 on the season. The Admirals drop to 2-4. Horrocks started the season in Essex last season and was traded to the Admirals after just a couple games. Without the effort by Horrocks this score could have been much worse. Former Admiral Brett Jones had his first goal with the

Adrian Bosev scored twice for the Essex 73's as they picked up a road win Thursday night in Walpole Island, 5-2. Essex improves its record to 4-1 now on the season as Walpole Island drops to 0-5. William Claridge, Josh Lepain and Mitchell Hickson had the other 73's goals. In the pipes, Daniel Cinelli picked up the win turning aside 15-of-17 shots on the night. Essex fired 49 shots at the Walpole Island goal. Essex will travel to Amherstburg Saturday night to take on the Admir

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