The Essex 73's are rolling along after an opening season loss to Wheatley back on Sept 9th. Since then, the orange and black have picked up 10-straight wins after a 2-1 home win Tuesday night over the Blenheim Blades and sit in first place overall in the Stobbs Division. Essex played well in this game and out shot the visitors, 42-19. Blades' goaltender, Russell Vaughan, played exceptionally well to help a hard-working Blades team stay in the game right to the final buzzer. M

MOORETOWN, ON – The Essex 73's picked up a well-deserved 4-1 win on the road Saturday night against the Mooretown Flags. Essex generated consistent offensive pressure throughout the night, outshooting Mooretown 39-32. The 73's built their lead with goals from four different players: Adrian Bosev, Austin Guevremont, Josh Lepain, and Brett Jones. It appears the 73's are not needing to rely on any one player, or one line, this season to find success. In goal, rookie Daniel Cinel

Many of the 400-plus fans who turned up to the rink on a beautiful Tuesday night in Essex were anticipating a great hockey game, based on the standings. In the end, Essex came out flying and seemed to capitalize on every opportunity enroute to an easy 8-1 win over the Dresden Kings. Essex scored three in the first and five in the second and cruised easily in this one. Heading into the game, Dresden was in third place in the Stobbs Division with a 4-2-1 record, and had scored