Twitter: @JoshuaEss
Instagram: @joshuas47
Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in April of 1999 ... parents are Greg and Kim Ess … 2017 graduate of Lakeville South High School … has one older sibling, Mackenzie … chosen by Chicago in the seventh round (215th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry draft ... major is legal studies
2020–21 / Senior Season
Scored against No. 6 Michigan on Nov. 19 ... ranked fifth in blocks with 40 ... skated in all 31 games ... contributed a goal in 4-0 victory over Arizona on Jan. 16 ... tallied two assists in series sweep over No. 2 Minnesota on Feb. 6-7
2019–20 / Junior Season
Recorded assists in first two games of the season at Boston College (Oct. 11) and at Merrimack (Oct. 12) ... season's two goals came at the Kohl Center against Ohio State (Jan. 10) and Penn State (Feb. 14) ... second career two-assist game came in 7-6 win against No. 9 Arizona State (Feb. 21)
2018–19 / Sophomore Season
Played in all 37 games this season... tallied career-high goals, assists and points this season, notching five goals, eight assists and 13 points... notched his first multi-point game on Jan. 18 in a 6-4 loss against Notre Dame... tallied a career-high three points against Penn State on Feb. 23, notching two goals and an assist in a 7-3 victory... the game also marked his first career multi-goal performance... notched the game-winning goal on two occasions... tallied the game-winner in a 3-1 win over Minnesota on Nov. 10 and again in the 7-3 win on Feb. 23... enjoyed a two-game point streak from Feb. 23-March 1, tallying three goals and four points in the stretch... notched one assist on the power play... was plus-two on the season... dished out an assist in the Badgers' 4-3 win over Minnesota on Jan. 26... recorded 49 blocks, good for fifth on the team in the category
2017–18 / Freshman Season
Played in 33 games for Wisconsin before suffering an upper-body injury … started 30 contests paired with junior Peter Tischke … scored two goals and two assists from the blue line during his rookie season … tied for the team lead at plus-10 on the season … was a career-high plus-3 on two occasions … recorded 39 blocks … tallied his first career point with an assist in the 3-2 win over Ohio State on Oct. 7 … scored his first goal as a Badger just 33 seconds into the 7-3 win over Michigan on Nov. 17 … assisted Peter Tischke’s game-tying goal on Jan. 6 in the 3-3 draw at Penn State … scored a third-period game-tying goal on Jan. 26 against Penn State, helping the Badgers to a 4-2 victory … named the recipient of the team’s Dr. Joseph Coyne/Joe Pavelski Most Consistent award ... invited to USA Hockey’s 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase that took place July 28-Aug. 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia
Before Ess was a Badger
Skated with the USHL’s Cedar Rapids Rough Riders following his high school career, collecting an assist in two games ... played for Lakeville South High School for three years, serving as a team captain during his junior and senior years ... ranks fifth in the program’s all-time assists (51) ... earned an Associated Press All-State Third Team nod in 2016-17, as well as all-state tournament team honors … a three-time all-conference selection ... as a senior, netted 11 goals and 36 points from the blue line, leading all players in point production to help the Cougars make a run at the Class 2A Minnesota state title, where they finished fourth ... posted 29 points as a junior, ranking second in points on the team ... scored seven goals and 23 points as a sophomore
Career Highs
GAME
Goals: 2, at Penn State, 2/23/19
Assists: 2 (2x), vs. Arizona State, 2/21-22/20
Points: 3, at Penn State, 2/23/19
Point Streak: 2, 2/23-3/1/19
Multi-point Games: 3
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 2, at Penn State, 2/22-23/19
Assists: 2 (2x), vs. Arizona State, 2/21-22/20
Points: 3, at Penn State, 2/22-23/19
