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

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