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

Game one of the first of six games this regular season between the Essex 73's and the Lakeshore Canadiens went to the 73's last Friday night, 1-0. Jake Vancoillie turned aside all 28 shots for the shutout, and Noah Mathieson found the back of the net in overtime for the only goal of the game. Essex had 31 shots at the Lakeshore goal.