CALGARY - An offence running hot clashes with one of the CFL’s stoutest defences Friday when the Calgary Stampeders face the B.C. Lions for the first time this season.

The Stampeders (8-4-0), in pursuit of the division-leading Saskatchewan Roughriders (10-3-0), are coming off a bye week.

The Lions (6-7-0) are duelling with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-7-0) in third in the West.

B.C. downed the Ottawa Redblacks 38-27 last week while the Stampeders dropped their first game of the season to a divisional opponent in a 31-19 loss to the Edmonton Elks on Sept. 6.

“There’s a lot on the line. They’re playing excellent,” Stampeders head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson said. “We’re coming off the bye. We really just want to try to get back in our groove and make sure we play Stampeder f

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