HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to become road warriors and register two season firsts to keep Ja'Gared Davis's impressive Grey Cup streak alive.
The burly defensive lineman has been a Grey Cup fixture since 2016, having appeared in the last six CFL championship games . Twice he's been on the winning side -- 2018 with the Stampeders and last season with the Argonauts.
Hamilton faces Montreal in the East Division semifinal Saturday at Molson Stadium. The Alouettes edged the Ticats 22-20 there last weekend in the regular-season finale for both teams that had no bearing on the conference standings. The good news for Hamilton is a third-place finisher has won the Grey Cup six times in CFL history. The last team to do so was the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019 when they downed Davis and the Ticats 33-12 in Calgary.
Injuries have certainly played a role, but earlier this year the Ticats dealt Davis to Calgary, only to have the trade voided after Davis failed his medical with the Stampeders.
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