MONTREAL — Dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same. And now it’s here.
The Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats haven’t been able to escape the fate of playing each other in the Eastern Semi-Final for the past three years. Adding to the story is the fact that they split the first two with Hamilton getting the last laugh at home in 2021 and the Alouettes answering with a triumph of their own in Montreal in 2022.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.cfl.ca/2023/11/03/ticats-als-settle-3-year-playoff-back-and-forth-on-saturday