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CALGARY — Teammates called him “a beast,” and “a monster.”

He was also the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ secret weapon on Sunday.

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The last time we saw Chris Streveler on the turf in Calgary he was being knocked around like a pinball.

That was three weeks ago, and the Bomber quarterback went straight from McMahon Stadium to the injured list.

Missing the rematch against the Stamps in Winnipeg a week later, he went into Winnipeg’s season-ending bye and the playoffs as the great unknown.

One report suggested he had a broken bone in his foot. Another said strained ligaments in his ankle, too.

Leading up to Sunday’s West semifinal, Streveler practised one day, not the next. The mystery continued right up until he jogged onto the field in the first quarter.

At the end of the night, he was his team’s leading rusher and one of the key reasons the Bombers advanced to the West final with a 35-14 victory over the defending Grey Cup champs.