WINNIPEG - The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ first Grey Cup win in 12 years had green confetti raining down on the field at Winnipeg’s Princess Auto Stadium and green-and-white clad fans spilling out onto the street in pure merriment.

The Prairie team beat the Montreal Alouettes 25-17 to take the cup on Sunday, registering their fifth Grey Cup title and the first since winning in 2013 in Regina.

“In 12 years, we so needed this,” said Riders fan Denise Dagenais, sporting a green cowboy hat and jersey as she left the stadium.

Dagenais, along with her group of superfans, some wearing green-and-white face paint and decked out in green beaded necklaces, all agreed the game was, in their words, “electric and lightning.”

Saskatchewan was the decided favourite of the enthusiastic 32,343 fans in th

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