Gore has added in abundance admitting solid start

It has taken Shawn Gore two amateur into the 2012 agenda to bifold his touchdown assembly from all of endure season.

The 25-year-old non-import receiver out of Bishop's University bent two touchdown passes in the aboriginal bisected to advice the B.C. Lions cheep accomplished the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39-36, in what angry out to be a agitated afterpiece for the Canadian Football League's Friday night double-header showcase.

However, Gore, who alleged his achievement just "OK," abacus there was allowance for alone and aggregation improvement, larboard the bold and did not acknowledgment for the additional bisected because of a artificial hamstring.

"Any time you get afflicted it's acutely frustrating," Gore said afterward Friday's game.

"We like to compete. I'm actuality to compete. I don't like sitting on the sidelines watching added humans play. I wish to be in there, so it's frustrating."

He aswell told reporters in his post-game scrum that he expects to be accessible to play Saturday in Regina adjoin the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Lions accepted administrator Wally Buono didn't aphorism that out during a buzz account Mon-day, but Gore's cachet is still questionable.

"I'm a big accepter in authoritative abiding they can convenance first, afore they can play," said Buono.

A year ago, the Lions feasted on the Roughriders' canyon defence, casual for 899 yards in three regular-season meetings. Gore was no slouch, communicable nine passes for 115 yards, as B.C. swept Saskatchewan in the division series.

But it may appear as a abruptness that Gore's absolute abhorrent out-put a year ago amounted to alone a individual touchdown. That mile-stone came in the final regular-season bold on Nov. 5 adjoin the Montreal Alouettes.

In his aboriginal division as a starter, Gore emerged as a depend-able ambition in a accomplished Lions accepting band that included - and still does - Geroy Simon, Arland Bruce and Akeem Foster, to name a few.

Gore accomplished additional on the Lions with 60 catches and 836 yards, abaft alone Simon in anniversary of those categories.

Yet, he managed alone one above score.

Now, it appears accessible abrasion may be the alone blackmail captivation him aback from accepting a blemish green year.

"I anticipate it's the actuality he played 18 amateur endure year," said Buono of Gore, who could potentially become one of the premiere receivers not alone aural the Lions, but the CFL.

"He was able to get all those reps and - that's allotment of the advance amid a first-year guy and a third-year guy."

Helping his could cause is the actuality Gore spent a allocation of the off-season alive with quarter-back Travis Lulay, continuing to body on the affinity the duo began to develop.

"I see it every day in convenance - just the compassionate of the offence," said Gore. "Us, as players, accepting to apperceive anniversary added over the off-season absolutely helped us on the field."

Individually, Gore isn't necessarily adored with optimal size, but there aswell isn't abundant to accuse about the six-foot, 198-pound receiver who possesses abundant abstract qualities - atomic acceleration getting the a lot of prevalent.

He ran the 40-yard time of 4.5 abnormal at the 2010 CFL Evaluation Camp, but his 10-yard time of 1.44 abnormal was additional a allotment of all players who took allotment in that drill.

"Shawn Gore has both backbone and speed," said Buono. "Not everybody has to be [the fastest], but that's a ambit that you accept to accept on your team."

Injuries axle up: The B.C. Lions on Monday con-firmed that abhorrent lineman Jesse Newman, who has been out aback training affected with a knee injury, has been put on the nine-game afflicted account afterwards adversity what Buono alleged a "setback" endure week.

According to Buono, larboard bouncer Jon Hameister-Ries is advanced from a knee abrasion that occurred during training affected and appropriate arthroscopic anaplasty about four weeks ago. Hameister-Ries dressed for Friday's game, but didn't start. Buono did not say if Hameis-ter-Ries would be demography allotment in practices this week.

Dean Valli, addition abhorrent lineman who has been kept off the Lions' alive roster, is aswell accepting analysis for a knee injury.

Defensive aback Ryan Phillips is ambiguous for Saturday's bold adjoin Saskatchewan.

Phillips larboard Friday's bold adjoin Hamilton with what the aggregation said was a sprained appropriate ankle, which occurred in the fourth quarter.

Lions' appropriate teams captain Jason Arakgi, who sat out Fri-day's bold afterwards abasing his wrist in Anniversary 1 adjoin the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, told Buono on Monday morning that he thinks he can play this weekend, but his cachet is still ambiguous awaiting convenance this week, the GM said.

Despite the adventurous of injuries, Buono said he was not in the bazaar to accomplish a barter or assurance a chargeless agent.

Week 3 showdown: Endure year, it took the B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders a accumulated 12 amateur just to ability a accumulated two wins.

By abrupt contrast, both teams are 2-0 to activate the 2012 sea-son, but that will change Saturday if the two clash.

"For this aboriginal in the sea-son, it's traveling to be fun," said Buono, who expects a "hostile" army at Mosaic Stadium. "Hopefully guys are accessible for it."