in a lopsided match in Quebec City

HAMILTON - A new stadium saved the Hamilton Tiger-Cats season.Hamilton won its sixth game in a row at the new Tim Hortons Field, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 29-15 on Saturday to guarantee the Tiger-Cats will host the CFL East Division final in two weeks.The Ticats started the season 1-6 with games on the road and home games played in front of small crowds at McMaster Universitys Ron Joyce Stadium. Repeated construction delays kept them off of the new field which was being built on the site of the old Ivor Wynne Stadium.But Hamilton began a new era at Tim Hortons Field with a 13-12 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Labour Day and played out the rest of the season with an 8-3 record, finishing 9-9 overall and winning the East over Montreal on point differential.Its hard to put your finger on it, said Ticats head coach Kent Austin. We just really like it (here) and we love this field. We love our fans and the guys just feel comfortable here.Theres been a few challenges, but all the challenges hopefully have made us better.The louder crowds helped Hamiltons defence and the offence has learned how to deal with the constant southern wind at the new stadium. The Ticats are undefeated at their new home and any team wanting to get to the Grey Cup will now have to get through Hamilton.(The conditions) have made us more resilient, said Austin. You can turn those things into a positive. Its just how you approach it and whats your perspective. Weve never used anything as an excuse. The distractions, it doesnt matter.At the end of the day youre going to be on a football field playing a game and those men know that.The turnaround to Hamiltons season also began the very game they got their starting quarterback Zach Collaros back. The 26-year-old missed five games with a concussion.The fans did a great job keeping us going, said Collaros about Saturdays win on a cold and rainy field where the offence didnt really get going until they scored a touchdown — a 15-yard pass to Brandon Banks early in the fourth quarter — to put some space between the Ticats and the Alouettes.Until that point the only TD had been scored by Hamilton defensive back Brandon Stewart, who jumped on a Montreal fumble in the endzone after a blown lateral pass.Playing on home field helps the whole team but the defence, specifically, it helps us because the crowd noise is consistent, its all game, theyre relentless, they just keep going and we feed off of them, said Stewart.Were just playing good football right now and the fans are excited, he said. Theyve been away from Hamilton (for almost one-and-a-half seasons after playing last year at the University of Guelph). Theyve got their football team back and theyre showing it. 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Still, the veteran goaltender likes what he sees from Montreal so far this pre-season. "Its coming along," said Price. "The guys are getting a little more comfortable with each other. Weve been working quite a bit. "Its all positive." It was Prices first full pre-season game. He played well despite taking the loss and felt more confident as the game wore on. "I felt a little bit on my heels at first. Started to settle in probably later on in the second period," said Price. "I started handling the puck better." But by then it was too late; the Canadiens were already down 3-0, and they would only find a late consolation goal. Montreal was repeatedly frustrated by Anton Khudobins superb play in Carolinas net. Khudobin, who played 14 games with Boston last year and is slated to become the Hurricanes backup goalie this year, stopped 41 of 42 shots. "We did this result all together as a team," said Khudobin. "But that many shots and one goal is pretty good too." Hurricanes head coach -- and former Canadiens assistant coach -- Kirk Muller was impressed by his goalie. "Were just getting to know him and obviously were excited to bring him into the organization," said Mullerr.dddddddddddd "The nice thing is he has a lot of structure to his game and hes a real competitor. Hes been a great addition so far. "We actually feel weve got a pretty strong one-two punch with our goalies." Carolina opened the scoring at the end of the first period when Drayson Bowman fired home his first goal of the pre-season. Price misplayed a clearance behind his net, leaving the puck for Eric Staal, who passed it to a wide-open Bowman. Price blamed the goal on an unlucky bounce off the boards, and miscommunication with defenceman Andrei Markov. Jeff Skinner added to the Hurricanes lead early in the second -- the eventual game-winner -- and Carolina put the contest out of reach at the end of the period when Nathan Gerbe fired a shot past Price on the power play. It was the Habs fourth penalty of the period. Rookie Michael Bournival, whos Montreals leading scorer this pre-season, scored the Canadiens only goal late in the third period. Montreal outshot Carolina 42-27 on the heels of a dominant third period. But it was not to be. This was Montreals second game in two nights against the Hurricanes. The Habs beat Carolina 6-0 in a lopsided match in Quebec City on Friday. The Hurricanes, who have played four pre-season games in as many nights, showed no sign of fatigue after Fridays game. The Canadiens next game is on Monday when they host the New Jersey Devils. 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