Essex hosted the Walpole Island Wild Tuesday night and defeated them in easy fashion, 7-0, peppering the Wild goaltender, Cole Murphy-Myers, with 61 shots. Josh Lepain led the way with three goals while John Fountaine, Travis Rivest, Adrian Bosev and Austin Guevremont had singles. Daniel Cinelli got the nod in goal and recorded his second shutout on the year turning aside just 11 shots fired in his direction. The 73's will travel to Lakeshore Friday night to take on the might

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