Todd Scott, who was the starting goaltender for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League, has left the team after his position as starter was given to backup Sebastian Cossa. According to the Oil Kings, Scott left the team just before the Christmas Break, informing management he no longer had interest in playing for them and was leaving for "personal reasons."
Scott, 19, had a 9-4-4-1 record with a 3.13 goals against average and .894 save percentage before leaving Edmonton.
"(Scott) was given the number one job at the beginning of the year for us and he was fine,” Oil Kings head coach Brad Lauer told the Edmonton Sun. “Cossa was going to come in and (Scott) was going to help develop Cossa. (Scott) stumbled down the road here in the month of November and we wanted to work with him and we got a couple of extra starts for Cossa. We worked with Todd to get him back and focused on his game. He made the decision that it wasn't for him, I guess.”
“It's disappointing because we gave him that opportunity to be that number one guy here,” Lauer said. “We wanted him to be the number one guy here. We traded for him last year and he did a great job behind (Dylan) Myskiw. It's unfortunate a little adversity like that and he chose not to come back. He was an important part of our team, but if you don't want to be here, then we have to move on also. It puts a lot of pressure on group, but I think our guys will rise above it.”
The move leaves the Oil Kings with Cossa, 17, as their starter and 2019 WHL Bantam Draft pick Kolby Hay, 15, as their backup for the time being. Cossa has a 12-2-1-1 record with a 2.02 goals against average and .928 save percentage.
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Source: Edmonton Sun
