Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Elks 21-17 [Video]

Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes looked out of sync with a 17-6 halftime deficit against the Edmonton Elks on Sunday night, but head coach Jason Maas wasn’t sweating it.

Fajardo, wide receiver Cole Spieker and an unwavering Alouettes defence led a second-half comeback as league-leading Montreal defeated Edmonton 21-17 in nail-biting fashion for its fifth straight victory.

“We don’t ever give up on anything, and we just learn,” Maas said. “We know it’s a 60-minute game no matter what the score says at halftime, you got to play for 60 minutes in this league and finish games.

“We do an incredible job of doing that.”

Fajardo, who returned from missing four games with a hamstring injury, threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Spieker for his third reception of a six-play, 100-yard drive to open the third quarter.

The Alouettes (10-1) carried the momentum from there. Spieker just barely stayed in bounds on a 22-yard catch for his …