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.

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

Tuesday night the Essex 73's hosted the Wheatley Sharks and needed two empty net goals in the third period to finish the job. The game was marred by penalties, particularly in the second period as both teams were whistled for fighting majors at the 9:33 mark. Essex led 3-2 after one period, and 4-3 after two periods. Essex went up 5-3 with 1:39 left in the game, thanks to an empty net goal, but Wheatley managed to score one of their own with the cage unoccupied to make it a o

Daniel Cinelli watched from the sidelines patiently the first couple games of the season, but he got his moment Thursday night and stopped all 15 shots to earn his first ever junior win - a 3-0 shutout over the Walpole Island Wild, Thursday night in Walpole. Cinelli, 17 years old and from Oldcastle, played last season with Bio Steel Academy and is a product of the Sun County Panthers program. Fellow rookie Justin Shaw (Riverside) led the 73's offensively with a pair of goals

The Essex 73’s got their first win of the season, and first career win for head coach Matt Puempel, in Provincial Junior Hockey League regular season play Tuesday night in Essex. Coming off a frustrating road setback in their season opener against the Wheatley Sharks, the 73’s returned to familiar ice determined to establish their home-ice advantage early in the campaign. Nearly off the opening puck drop, forward Austin Guevremont, who netted the lone Essex goal in the season