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| The Raiders congratulation G Ian Scott on his team shutouts record. |
The fourth-year veteran goalie made 14 saves to pick up a
shutout as the Raiders thumped the Swift Current Broncos 8-0 on Friday night
before a standing room crowd of 2,848 spectators at the 2,580 seat Art Hauser
Centre. The shutout was the seventh of the campaign for Scott, who set a new
Raiders team record for most shutouts in one regular season.
The old record of six shutout was first set by Rejean Beauchemin in the 2003-04 campaign.
Luke Siemens equaled that mark of six shutouts in the 2012-13 season before
Scott set a new standard on Friday.
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| Netminder Ian Scott gets focused for the third period on Friday. |
“A lot of thanks
goes towards them for shutting it down tonight and making it two in a row.”
Back on Tuesday,
Scott made 24 saves to equal the Raiders record for most shutouts in a season
in a 6-0 victory also over the Broncos at the Art Hauser Centre.
The win on Friday
allowed the Raiders to improve their WHL leading record to 52-9-2-2. Scott, who
turned 20-years-old in early January, has been a big part of what has been an
outstanding season for the Raiders.
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| Captain Brayden Pachal had a goal and an assist on Friday. |
Having joined the
Raiders as a 16-year-old rookie back in 2015-16, Scott admits he is amazed by
how far his career has come. He said it has been great he has been able to
enjoy the ride with some long time teammates, who help make up the core of the
Raiders.
“I think it is
pretty crazy,” said Scott, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 183 pounds. “The past
few seasons probably weren’t the strongest.
“Just coming in this
season, I think it is a real eye opener about a lot of personal things I have
worked on, and I think it has helped.
“I share a lot of
those moments with Parker (Kelly). (Zack) Hayes I’ve been with since like midget.
It is pretty special as a team I think.”
Scott’s shutout on
Friday proved to be more of a mental challenge than a physical one, because he
didn’t see a whole lot of shots on goal. He kept his concentration up despite
going long stretches of time without seeing any action.
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| Ian Scott made 14 saves for his record shutout win on Friday. |
“It is one of those
things we talked about it during the second intermission,” said Pachal, who had
a goal, two assists and was a plus-four in the plus-minus department in Friday’s
win. “We wanted to get that for him.
“It seems like
whenever we don’t talk about him getting a shutout he doesn’t get it. It is one
of those things it might be a jinx for some guys, but not for him. He
definitely locks it down.”
Pachal was pumped to
see Scott get the Raiders regular season shutouts record.
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| Brett Leason scored twice for the Raiders on Friday. |
“He has been our backbone
back there, so it was going to happen. I was just a matter of time, so it was
good on him.”
Raiders head coach
Marc Habscheid said that Scott wasn’t tested during the team’s last two games
like in some of the other shutouts veteran puck stopper has had. With that
said, Habscheid said you can never discount the work that goes into getting a
shutout, and he was happy to see Scott get the team record for most shutouts in
one season.
“A shutout is a
shutout,” said Habscheid. “He (Scott) is an important guy for us.
“He has been that
all year. You could tell the guys were doing what they had to do to help him
out in that regard tonight for sure.”
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| Spencer Moe had a goal for the Raiders on Friday. |
Brett Leason and
Parker Kelly each scored twice for the Raiders, while Noah Gregor, Cole Fonstad
and Spencer Moe had singles.
Isaac Poulter, who
is a 17-year-old rookie, turned away 40 shots to take the setback in goal for
the Broncos. The Broncos, who are going through a major rebuild after winning
the WHL championship last season, fell to 10-47-4-2 to continue to sit last in
the league.
“It was a tough game,”
said Habscheid. “They’re rebuilding, and they just know it is tough to play at
that time of the year for them.
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| Cole Fonstad had a goal for the Raiders on Friday. |
The Broncos return
to action on Saturday when they travel to Saskatoon to take on the
Blades (7 p.m., SaskTel Centre).
The Raiders hit the ice again on Sunday when they travel to
Swift Current to face the Broncos (4
p.m., Innovation Credit Union i-Plex).
Scott said he will
always look fondly on Friday’s game, because he set a new Raiders team record
for must shutouts in one season. With that said, he wants to help his team earn
bigger accomplishments in the post-season.
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| Parker Kelly, left, and Brayden Pachal mark the Raiders win on Friday. |
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