Esks take on the Alouettes Halloween Night

The Eskimos (9-8) are looking to close out the '08 regular season on a winning note against the Eastern champion Alouettes (11-6) before they leave the CFL West Division behind and head to Winnipeg for the CFL East Semi-Final November 8th.

Edmonton has dropped two straight and has a sizeable "to-do" list of things that need to be corrected before they're post-season ready. Of late, the Esks have been plagued by too many turnovers, sloppy tackling and poor receiving. In short there needs to be a dramatic improvement in all facets.

Wide receiver Kamau Peterson knows it's time to put that game behind them and to find a way to get back on track. "You only get so long to dwell on it. At least I give myself so long to dwell on it and I was probably the main culprit. In the same way we don't hang on to our wins, we can't hang on to this because there is another game to play."

Edmonton's nominees for the 2008 Gibson's Finest CFL Player Awards are: Ricky Ray for the Outstanding Player Award; Kamau Peterson for Outstanding Canadian; Jason Goss for Outstanding Defensive Player; John Comiskey for Outstanding Offensive Lineman; and Tristan Jackson for both Outstanding Rookie and Outstanding Special Teams. "That's a pretty good selection right there," says Eskimo Head Coach Danny Maciocia. "Those individuals have had outstanding seasons and they're all well deserving nominations".

Notables

§ This is regular season game 1000 in Eskimo history (581-400-18...home 334-158-7...road 247-242-11). Record vs Montreal is 35-20-2 (home 22-6-0...in Montreal 13-14-2).

§ Ricky Ray needs 1 completion for 400 this season. This will be his 3rd time with 400+ completions in a season...the only Eskimo to do so.

§ The Eskimos are 2-3 on Halloween (1-1 at home). This includes a 20-8 Eskimo win in a division semi-final game against BC in 1959. Also played on Halloween in 1949, 1964, 1971, and 1976.

§ Chris Ciezki needs 2 special team tackles to tie Bruce Dickson for 1st on the Eskimo All-Time List for special team tackles in a season (25)

§ The Eskimos are 3-1 in the last 4 regular season games vs the Alouettes. Edmonton lost 40-4 on September 21, 2008.

§ Jontй Buhl needs 6 tackles for 100 tackles as an Eskimo.

§ Jason Goss needs 7 tackles for 100 tackles as an Eskimo. Goss currently has 182 tackles in his CFL career.

§ Kamau Peterson needs 9 receptions for 100 receptions this season. Only 3 Eskimos have caught 100+ passes in a season... Brian Kelly 104 in 1983, Craig Ellis 106 in 1990 and Terry Vaughn 106 in 2003.

§ Ricky Ray has 11, 300+ passing yard games this season. Anthony Calvillo has 12, 300+ passing yard games this season.

§ Ricky Ray needs 20 pass attempts for 600 this season. This will be his 3rd time with 600+ pass attempts in a season...Warren Moon was the only other Eskimo to do so (664 attempts in 1983).

§ Ricky Ray needs 287 passing yards to tie Warren Moon for the Eskimo All-Time Season Record of 5648 passing yds in a season.

The Eskimos (9-8) close out their regular season at home on Friday, October 31 against the Montreal Alouettes (11-6) at 7:00pm. Buy Eskimo tickets online at ticketmaster.ca or call 451-8000. For more information on the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club please visit our website at www.esks.com.