The Alouettes advance to the East final

Montreal | For the first time in eight years, the Montreal Alouettes won a game with no future.

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On Sunday, head coach Danny Masciocia’s team ended a long playoff streak by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28-17 in the East semi-finals.

The “Alls” haven’t been this happy since the 2014 campaign. It was also the first time since 1996 that a Montreal club had overcome the “Cats” in the playoffs.

Moments after the win in front of more than 20,000 fans, Masciocia summed up what happened on the field at Percival-Molson Stadium.

“It’s like some of the games we’ve played this year: half is good, the other is a little less and in the end, we find a way to win,” he said. It sums up the year we live in, but what a character these guys are, dog. I am very proud of them. It has not been an easy year on and off the pitch. However, they never doubted! “

A hot start, but…

“Sparrows” started meeting on hats. After a spectacular punt return from Chandler Worthy on the first play of the game, the offense ran the rest of the field five plays and ended its first streak in the paying zone. Before returning to the locker room for the halftime break, they scored two more touchdowns and allowed just two field goals to their opponents.

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