DYAKOWSKI TO MAKE SEASON DEBUT IN ESF
HAMILTON, Ont. (CP) – Peter Dyakowski is back having a cheeseburger before playing football.The six-foot-five, 325-pound offensive lineman will make his 2014 debut Sunday when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final. Dyakowski, 30, suffered a serious knee injury in last year’s Grey Cup game.
And the Vancouver native, in his eighth CFL season, will celebrate his return to the lineup by resuming his practice of having a cheeseburger as his pre-game meal.
“It might strike some nutritionists as odd but I really firmly believe that it’s the perfect blend of nutrients,” Dyakowski said Saturday. “I have a place here near the stadium where I usually get a large 8-ounce patty cheeseburger.”
It’s a game-day tradition Dyakowski maintains even on the road.
Dyakowski, a 2012 East Division all-star, suffered a torn patellar tendon in Hamilton’s 45-23 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 2013 Grey Cup, an injury that required surgery. Despite the lengthy rehab, Dyakowski said he never lost faith that he’d return to the field.
“I had so much to work on with my rehab that I didn’t have any tough, depressive moments,” the former LSU star said. “Game days were really tough because I was on the sidelines just watching and there was no pressure on me.
“I don’t like that.”
Kent Austin, Hamilton’s head coach/GM, said having Dyakowski back is a big lift for his team.
“It was a pretty tough injury and he has had a very long road back,” Austin said. “He loves his team, he loves his teammates.
“I think the hard work he has done has not gone unnoticed by the players. Good for Peter, good for us.”
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Andy Fantuz is holding out hope he’ll play Sunday in the East Division final.
The veteran slotback is listed on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ 46-man roster for the game against the Montreal Alouettes.
Fantuz has been out for the last five weeks with a torn hamstring and said Saturday he’ll be a game-time decision.
Also listed on Hamilton’s roster is offensive lineman Peter Dyakowski, who missed the entire regular season recovering from a serious knee injury suffered in last year’s Grey Cup game.
Missing from Montreal’s active roster is running back Tyrell Sutton, who practised all week after missing the Alouettes’ 50-17 semifinal win over B.C. with an ankle injury.
Brandon Rutley ran for 98 yards and a TD against B.C. in his first CFL start and is listed as Montreal’s starter for Sunday’s contest.
© 2014 The Canadian Press
Dyakowski's unfortunate injury was the only reason the riders were able to pull off a 4th, very rare grey cup win. Those same riders should thank Dyakowski but unfortunately the talented players from that team left regina immediately after they got paided off for their contributions never to look back.
why dont take a walk off a tall building and never look back
@Anonymous replies,
No, you walk off a tall building and never look back, doh, tall buildings in Saskatchewan?
Thats a very broad statement to make that a o lineman injury caused the ticats to lose that bad in a football game. And which players got "paided" off and never looked back?
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Hamilton Tiger Cats win 2014 CFL Grey Cup.