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.

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