The Calgary Stampeders travel to Regina on Nov. 22 to face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League's Western Final. Opening kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. (CST) at Mosaic Stadium and the winner of the contest will move on to face Montreal or BC in the Grey Cup on Nov. 29 at McMahon Stadium.
Calgary hosted the Edmonton Eskimos in the Western Semi-Final last week, prevailing 24-21 at McMahon. The Stamps have now won three consecutive playoff games under head coach/general manager John Hufnagel and need one more victory to play in consecutive Grey Cup games for the first time since 1998-99. The Riders had a bye week following a 30-14 victory over the Stamps on Nov. 7 that clinched first place in the West Division. Saskatchewan is hosting the division final for the first time since 1976.
This is the 16th time the teams have met in the post-season with the Stamps holding an 8-7 advantage including a 5-2 mark in West Finals.
Calgary last faced Saskatchewan in the playoffs in 2007, losing 26-24 in Regina. It was 1971 that the clubs last met in the division final, with the Stamps prevailing 2-0 in the best-of-three series.
Fans are also encouraged to visit www.StampsConnect.com today to interact with Stamps players through Twitter and Facebook, upload videos and photos and become part of the Stamps' ultimate fan site!
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West Final factoids from our friend Rob Swallow:
Interesting stat while it has been 33 years since we hosted the West Final playing in the game is pretty familiar for the Riders in recent years.
From 2003-2009 the Riders have been in 5 of the last 7 Western Finals.
2003 Lost West Final in Edmonton
2004 Lost West Final in BC
2005 Lost East Semi-Final in Montreal
2006 Lost West Final in BC
2007 Won West Final in BC
2008 Lost West Semi-Final BC
2009 West Final at Taylor Field?
BC also has the same number of West final appearances over the same period of time.
This year is Calgary's 2nd West Final over that period.
Edmonton also has 2 appearances over that time.
Thought I'd share this little tidbit with you guys. Enjoy the weekend it is going to be a blast!!
Rob
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Stamps receiver Nik Lewis backtracks on Twitter regarding his comments about making ALL of Saskatchewan into Stamps fans on Sunday:
From: @nikel18
Sent: Nov 19, 2009 3:07p
I was just joking around it's not a big deal,like I said yesterday we haven't beat them so hats off 2 them.am I confident yes.is it easy no!
sent via Echofon
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/nikel18/status/5868801428
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