Chad Owens led his team to victory against the team that traded him right before this season began

MG = Montreal Gazette
GAM = The Globe and Mail

MG Note: "During the preseason, the Montreal Alouettes wanted Chad Owens to take a pay cut. When he refused, they shipped him to the Toronto Argonauts for a draft pick. On Saturday night, Owens made the Alouettes pay for their decision. He caught six passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns as Toronto beat Montreal 37-22 in front of 22,311 fans at the Rogers Centre."


Asked if they needed to win this game against first-place Montreal, especially after Montreal beat them 41-10 in Montreal on July 29, Chad Owens said:
"Definitely. It was a big day for us, we needed it especially the way we performed in Montreal. I tried to be that fire, I tried to be the energy to keep everybody up. Offence, defence and special teams, we put it together." (GAM)\


GAM Note: "But it was the five-foot-eight, 180-pound Owens, acquired from Montreal before the season, who cemented the victory. He hauled in a 40-yard TD toss from Cleo Lemon at 8:00 of the fourth to put Toronto ahead 38-22 when Montreal seemed to be gaining some momentum."


About how they weren't thinking about whether or not Owens would haunt their team after they traded him, Montreal coach Marc Trestman said:
"There was no trepidation or thinking Chad would haunt us. Chad is a good player and we hold him in high regard. We knew when we lost him we lost a good player." (GAM)


About being penalized for excessive celebration after his second TD catch when he and his teammates pretended they were rowing a canoe, Owens said:
"I got penalized, I hurt the team for it but you're in the moment. It was a canoe and I was rowing it trying to get back to Hawaii. But we got stopped short. We hit some current, some big waves. But it was a fun night and we came away with the win. You can't ask for anything more." (GAM)


About how he was shocked to see Owen's celebration and said that it won't happen again, Toronto head coach Jim Barker said:
"He's just a football player, which is why that little celebration surprised me because that's not us. But all week long I had a feeling our guys were going to play at a very high level." (GAM)


GAM Note: "Owens' opened the scoring with an exciting 63-yard TD pass from Lemon at 6:55 of the first. "


http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Argos+razzle+dazzle+bury/3400483/story.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/young-argos-stun-als/article1673343/