Hamilton Tiger-Cats shake off some rust in preseason victory over Montreal – Hamilton
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats returned to the sector Saturday night time for the primary time since their intestine wrenching additional time loss in final yr’s Gray Cup. They beat the Montreal Alouettes 25-22 on a final second subject purpose from rookie Tadhg Chief.
The sport at Tim Hortons Discipline in Hamilton was the primary preseason tilt for each CFL groups.
Chief hit a 35-yard kick as time expired, after Montreal had taken a one-point lead simply seconds earlier when QB Davis Alexander ran for a one-yard landing with 25 seconds to play within the recreation, after which linked with Krishawn Hogan on a two-point convert.
A lot of the Tiger-Cats’ starters performed restricted minutes, together with quarterback Dane Evans, who accomplished 4 of his 5 move makes an attempt for 46 yards.
Montreal opened the scoring on a 79-yard drive that soaked up greater than 4 minutes of taking part in time and culminated with QB Trevor Harris throwing a four-yard landing to receiver Reggie White Jr.
Hamilton’s Dylan Wynn blocked the convert try.
Alouettes kicker David Cote booted a 32-yard subject purpose with 3:16 remaining within the first quarter to increase Montreal’s result in 9-0 earlier than the Ticats answered with a landing of their very own.
Aided by a move interference penalty that positioned the soccer on the Montreal one-yard line, backup quarterback Matt Shiltz ran for a landing on the subsequent play to chop the Alouettes’ result in 9-7.
The Tiger-Cats took a 10-9 lead early within the second quarter when rookie kicker Seth Small drilled a 39-yard subject purpose.
Small is competing towards incumbent Michael Domagala and Chief, a International rookie, for Hamilton’s kicking job.
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Cote nailed a 31-yard subject purpose to offer the Al’s a 12-10 lead with 3:07 to play within the first half after which added one other 37-yarder about 90 seconds later.
The Ticats retook the lead at 8:24 of the third quarter when rookie pivot Jalen Morton ran for a 10-yard landing, however the ensuing two-point convert failed, leaving Hamilton forward 16-15.
Domagala was good for a 49-yard subject purpose late within the third quarter and Small drilled a 48-yarder with 3:30 to go within the fourth quarter to offer Hamilton a 22-15 benefit.
Punting was a difficulty for the Cats as Joel Whitford, Blake Hayes and Chief averaged 31.2 yards on six punts.
Hamilton will wrap up their preseason schedule on June 3 after they tackle the Toronto Argonauts in a recreation that can be performed on the College of Guelph.
