As a youth, Essensa played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy\'s minor ice hockey team.\n', '

Essensa was the number one goaltender for the 1982-83 Henry Carr Crusaders Metro Junior \'B\' Championship team which never lost a game in regular season play (34 wins, 0 losses, 2 ties) and only two playoff games - one in the Ontario Hockey Association\'s Semi-finals against the Streetsville Derbys. The Crusaders went on to capture the Ontario Hockey Association\'s Junior \'B\' Championship and along with it, the Sutherland Cup, after defeating the Stratford Cullitons in the final. (Following five rounds of playoffs, what it took to win the Sutherland Cup, the Crusaders had accumulated 54 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties, and 2 losses in overtime in 60 regulation games.)[citation needed]\n', '

He was also MVP of the league\'s mid-season all-star game held in Trenton, Ontario, Canada as the best of the Fullan Division defeated the stars of the Ruddock Division, 3-1.[citation needed]\n', '

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