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The Edmonton Oil Kings are in the market for a goaltender after Todd Scott walked away just prior to the Christmas break.

Scott, 19, informed the Oil Kings he no longer had interest in playing for them and left the team for personal reasons.

His departure leaves the Oil Kings with Sebastian Cossa, 17, as their starter and 2019 WHL Bantam Draft pick Kolby Hay, 15, as their backup for the time being.

“He (Scott) was given the No. 1 job at the beginning of the year for us and he was fine,” said Oil Kings head coach Brad Lauer. “Cossa was going to come in and he (Scott) was going to help develop Cossa. He (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.”

In 18 games with the Oil Kings this season, Scott, an Albertville, Minn. product, had a 9-4-4-1 record with a 3.13 goals against average and .894 save percentage.