Like a great heavyweight title bout the two best teams in the East Division — the Alouettes and Hamilton — went back and forth in a defensive battle for 60 minutes Saturday afternoon.

It felt like the team that had the ball last would ultimately prevail — and that team proved to be Montreal.

History will remember it took a 45-yard Jose Maltos field goal — his fourth — on the game’s final play to carry the Alouettes to a hard-fought 19-16 victory over the Tiger-Cats in the division final before a capacity crowd of 25,399 at Hamilton Stadium. The visitors now advance to next Sunday’s Grey Cup championship game in Winnipeg, where they’ll attempt to win the ninth CFL championship in franchise history, along with their second in three seasons.

While Maltos gets the accolades after making a

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