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HAMILTON — The last time the Edmonton Eskimos were at Tim Hortons Field for a playoff game didn’t leave any lasting memories for Hamilton Tiger-Cats players who were here in 2016.

The semifinal crossover that year saw the Eskimos come in the last time they crossed over to the East Division, and leave with a 24-21 win.

But there was no holdover from that one in the back of any of the Ticats’ minds ahead of Sunday’s kickoff in the East Division final.

“I don’t even remember, to be honest,” said linebacker Simoni Lawrence, who first entered the Canadian Football League with the Eskimos in 2012.

But before those words were even out of his mouth, Lawrence caught himself and you could almost see the light bulb blink on above his head.

“I do remember, because I remember John frickin’ White,” Lawrence said with raised eyebrows. “Yep, I do remember.

“But no holdover, no.”

In that game, White, the ex-Eskimos running back currently with the B.C. Lions, had 20 carries for 160 of Edmonton’s 332 net yards of offence, to go along with two touchdowns.