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.

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