Chad Owens couldn't have picked a better time to score his first punt return TD of the season.
Owens's 59-yard punt return TD highlighted a record 31-point second quarter and led the Toronto Argonauts past the Edmonton Eskimos 42-26 in the East Division semifinal Sunday.
Owens' first return touchdown since October 2011 broke a 7-7 tie and provided a huge momentum shift in the contest.
"The defence fed off it, the offence started rolling," Owens said. "The way the game was going we needed to do something and that's the great thing about specials, we can be the eraser, we can be the cleanup crew if things aren't going well.
"We can come out and make a play that can spark everybody and that's what happened."
Special teams and defence anchored the outburst - the most points scored in one quarter by one team in CFL playoff history - to delight of the Rogers Centre gathering of 25,792.
Ricky Ray threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in the second for his first win in three games against his former team.
