By Jeff D'Andrea

Hot Scott with a shutout as Raiders win 13th straight

Nov 17, 2018 | 9:16 PM

A day after scoring a goal, Ian Scott pitched a shutout on Saturday in a historically tough building.

Scott stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Raiders beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-0 at Westoba Place.

Scott has had a heck of a week. He shutout the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday with 43 saves, scored against the Tri-City Americans on Friday before another clean sheet on Saturday.

He now leads in every WHL goaltending category with a 1.39 goals against average, .950 save percentage, 16 wins and 3 shutouts.

That’s also the Raiders’ lucky 13^th straight win, making them officially become the first team in the CHL to reach 20 wins on the season at 20-1. To put that in perspective, the Raiders didn’t celebrate their 20^th win until Jan. 27 last season.

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Offensively, Sean Montgomery led the way by scoring the pair of power play goals, the first and last of the game.

Montgomery opened up it halfway through the first period, which turned out to be the game winner.

Snipin’ Sean Montgomery isn’t going to miss from there. He puts the Raiders up 1-0 on the power play, after Noah Gregor acrobatically kept the puck in. That’s Monty’s 10th of the year. He’s also playing in his 299th career game with the Raiders. 1-0 P.A. at the media timeout. pic.twitter.com/iUHBe7i4cT

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

He also closed it out, after scoring on his own rebound in the third period. That’s his 11^th goal of the year already, two shy of his career best. 

Snipin’ Sean strikes again. Montgomery puts the Raiders up 6-0 after cleaning up his own rebound on the power play. That’s his 2nd goal of the game. pic.twitter.com/keSpoLJsc0

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

Montgomery played in his 299^th game on Saturday in Brandon. He could play his 300^th game as soon as Tuesday at the Art Hauser Centre, when the Raiders take on the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Assuming Montgomery doesn’t miss a game, which he has barely done in his career, he will tie the Raiders franchise record for games played on Feb. 4 against the Edmonton Oil Kings, and will break it on Feb. 8 against the Calgary Hitmen.

The Raiders’ games played record is currently held by Brett Novak, who played 330 games for Prince Albert from 2000-2006.

The last time Montgomery missed a game was Jan. 11, 2017. He’s played the last 122 games. In fact, Montgomery has been an iron man of sorts in his career, he’s only missed 10 out of a possible 309 games.

Did Brett Leason extend his point streak?

Yes, of course he did.

Leason scored his 19^th goal of the season, putting the Raiders up 4-0 in the third period.

Just 19 seconds later, Brett Leason buries the rebound off a shot from Sergei Sapego. That extends Leason’s point streak to all 21 games this season for the Raiders. 4-0 Raiders. pic.twitter.com/89Wd9GJcZj

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

He also assisted on Montgomery’s second goal of the game.

Nobody else in the WHL has held a scoring streak this year more than 12 games so far. Leason now has 44 points in 21 games.

P.A. penalty? No problem

Noah Gregor scored his third shorthanded goal and the Raiders’ 12 shortie this season. They’ve now scored five more goals down a man, than they’ve given up. The Raiders were also 5-5 on the PK against the Wheat Kings.

Noah Gregor scores his third shorthanded goal of the year, and the Raiders’ 12th shortie as the Raiders go up 5-0. They’re now +5 on their PK this year, and 3-3 tonight. pic.twitter.com/A51Uajs17Q

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

Scoring Summary

First Period

1-0, Raiders, Sean Montgomery from Sergei Sapego and Noah Gregor (power play), 9:34

2-0, Raiders, Carson Miller from Aliaksei Protas and Max Martin (power play), 15:44

Carson Miller with an accurate snipe on a 5-on-3 power play to put the Raiders up 2-0. Earlier in the shift, Miller hit the crossbar on a great chance. 4 minutes left in the first period pic.twitter.com/AhoetwsdT8

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

Second Period

No scoring.

Third Period

3-0, Raiders, Cole Fonstad from Brayden Pachal and Zack Hayes, 5:54

Cole Fonstad receives a long, beautiful feed from Brayden Pachal and puts the Raiders up 3-0, 5:54 into the third period. Great finish from Fonstad in close as well. pic.twitter.com/VLXi8ZaKoY

— Jeff D’Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) November 18, 2018

4-0, Raiders, Brett Leason from Sergei Sapego and Parker Kelly, 6:13

5-0, Raiders, Noah Gregor (shorthanded, unassisted), 15:32

6-0, Raiders, Sean Montgomery from Brett Leason and Sergei Sapego

‘Canes coming in

The Raiders will play their last home game in a long while on Tuesday at the Art Hauser Centre against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. After that, the Raiders will play six straight games on the road, starting on the weekend Nov. 23 in Medicine Hat and Nov. 24 in Kootenay.

Jeff.dandrea@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @jeff_paNOW