MONTREAL -- The losing run is over for the Montreal Alouettes, who look like theyve found their starting quarterback halfway through the CFL season. Kyle Juszczyk Jersey . Jonathan Crompton made his first CFL start as the Alouettes used touchdowns by S.J. Green and newcomer James Rodgers to defeat the Ottawa Redblacks 20-10 on Friday night. The former Edmonton Eskimo completed 15 passes for 245 yards as the Alouettes (2-7) ended a six-game losing streak and took over second place in the feeble East Division. "It was a great team win," was Cromptons only assessment of a win that came despite two drive-killing turnovers, but was aided by the expansion Redblacks 135 yards in penalties. Wallace Miles had a 27-yard pass-and-run TD in the fourth quarter and Brett Maher had a field goal on Ottawas opening drive as the Redblacks (1-8) lost a sixth game in a row. "Its tough to win when youre not scoring," said Ottawa coach Rick Campbell. "No team can take the amount of penalties we take. "We cant have the moment be too big or emotional for us, where we lose our way. We need to keep the yards we earn by not taking penalties. Well keep working at it." It was as close as the Alouettes have been to a must-win game this season: at home against the expansion Redblacks and giving Crompton his shot after Troy Smith and Alex Brink struggled in the starting job. Crompton found Duran Carter for five receptions for 127 yards while Green caught five for 48 yards. Running back Brandon Whitaker rushed for an even 100. "He won the football game," coach Tom Higgins said of his quarterback. "One of my best friends, Ron Lancaster, said the only evaluation for a quarterback is can you win with him? "He brings that to the table." Cromptons best moment came after Miles touchdown pulled Ottawa to within three points with 6:14 left to play. On the ensuing drive, Crompton hit Carter with a 48-yard pass that set up Rodgers 17-yard scamper around the left side for a TD in his first CFL game. Rodgers signed this month as a replacement for injured kick returner Larry Taylor, but also saw some time in the backfield. Sean Whyte added a field goal and had three punts roll into the end zone for singles for Montreal. A season low of 19,440 turned out to Percival Molson Stadium for a flag-filled game that until the fourth quarter had few big plays from either offence to cheer. Crompton, who relieved Brink in the second quarter of a loss last week in Winnipeg, was not on the field for the first TD. Tanner Marsh, who plays in short-yardage situations, threw the one-yard touchdown pass to Green in the first quarter after the Alouettes were stopped twice at the one. A pair of turnovers had Montreal settling for an 8-3 halftime lead despite controlling much of the play. The Redblacks got a 30-yard Maher field goal 3:16 into the game. Whyte added a punt single early in the second quarter, but Montreal had a drive end when Cromptons wobbly pass was picked off at the Ottawa eight by Travis Brown for his first career interception. Another drive ended when Whitaker fumbled at the Ottawa two, with the Redblacks Jerrell Gavins recovering in the end zone. Whyte got his third rouge early in the second half and added a field goal. The Redblacks made a game of it as Henry Burris led an 80-yard drive capped by Miles TD. Crompton reportedly winked at Carter in the huddle, then hit him with the pass that turned momentum back to the Alouettes and sealed their long-awaited win. "We still have room to improve," said Carter. "We left points out there. "We could have made the game a lot easier early on. But we showed all the teams in the CFL that were a good team and were not going away. It does wonders. Its like in basketball, where one shot goes in and then you start making them all. Thats what we want to do now." Ottawas last gasp drive ended with a turnover on downs. The Redblacks bright spot was Miles seven catches for 101 yards. Burris went 21 for 34 for 245 yards. Campbell called it another learning experience for his new team. "Theres a lot of good football players who are going to be around Ottawa for a long time and we cant lose sight of that when were losing like this," he said. "Well keep coaching them and finding ways to be better." Notes: Chad (Ochocinco) Johnson returned from injury for Montreal, bumping Kenny Stafford from the line-up, but did not make a catch. . . Ex-Alouette Moton Hopkins was scratched for Ottawa along with Matt Albright. . . The Redblacks wore their all-black home uniforms with the hard-to-read red numbers. Delvin Williams Jersey . Wawrinka, who is seeded fourth, is in the top half of the draw with Serbian Novak Djokovic. 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"We need to make sure we form an identity, make sure we have an element to our hockey team that we have to have and thats to be a hard-working team, thats to be a team thats going to play in a way that needs to be played. "Everyone knows that its a skilled group, everybody knows that its a group thats elite in its age group in Canada, but theres intangibles and things that we need to continue to get better at: competing, working, playing hard, winning battles, making sure were responsible defensively, making sure that, in the offensive zone, we got guys going to the net, all the things you need to do to be a successful team. "Practice didnt start off the way I liked and I just addressed it." And if the words werent enough, Sutter put his charges through more than 30 minutes of battle drills, including one called "The Gauntlet." That drill saw all the players line the side boards and then, one-by-one, each would skate down the line on the inside getting body checked every few strides. WATCH: Canadian players go through The Gauntlet: http://bit.ly/19TkOeR "Thats probably the old school coming out of me a little bit," said the 51-year-old Sutter, who is the owner, general manager and head coach of the Western Hockey Leagues Red Deer Rebels. "Its about getting the guys involved. You got to get in the trenches to win hockey games. Youre going to have to give hits and take hits, especially along the boards. The ice surface over here is obviously a little bit bigger, but the board-work and the trench-work is still a big part of the game. "Its just something to get the guys engaged. And you saw it here today, after we did a couple of those types of drills, the guys were more in sync and more in tune with their emotional level, their intensity level picked up." Sutter has employed this drill in the past, notably ahead of the 2007 Canada-Russia Super Series, which saw his team post a dominant 7-0-1 record. But most of the players on the ice in the Danish capital on Wednesday hadnt gone through "The Gauntlet" in quite some time, if at all. "That was a first for me," admitted Derrick Pouliot, a Portland Winterhawks defenceman drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins eighth overall in 2012. "Thats definitely old school. I wasnt sure what was going on and then he said to go through everybody and I was like, Ooooookay." "My dad used to do it with our teams in minor hockey," said centre Scott Laughton, a Flyers prospect, who captains the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League. "I think some of the boys were wondering what was going on, but I knew what was up. It was pretty cool to see." "I used to do that when I was a little younger in minor hockey when I first started hitting," said London Knights forward Bo Horvat, who was picked ninthh overall by the Canucks in June. Gary Lewis Jersey. "It was good to get the boys going, a little team bonding and I think the boys really enjoyed that." But "The Gauntlet" was far from the only battle drill employed by Sutter, who has a well-earned reputation for demanding discipline, including asking that players shave facial hair and cut any long hair before coming to camp. On Wednesday, he also had the team gather around the centre-ice circle and watch as two guys battled for the puck. "You definitely put more effort into it when you see the whole team there," said Laughton. "I think it brings the guys together when you battle together and you battle with each other. I think it really sends a message." "Everybodys watching," added Horvart, "and you dont want to look stupid out there or anything like that." The battle drills and Sutters speech were designed to set the template for the teams identity. Canada hasnt won a gold medal at the world junior championship in four years and last year missed the podium altogether, snapping a 14-year medal streak. Sutter, who has an unblemished record behind the world junior bench, leading Canada to titles in 2005 and 2006, was brought in to right the ship. "Canadas never won anything when they thought they could win it strictly on skill," Sutter said. "Youve got to have those other things and it doesnt matter at what level. Its stuff that we have to continue to dig in with these guys and get them to understand. And theyre a pretty receptive group, very coachable group and theyre sponges and it showed today." "Weve got to take it day-by-day," said Laughton, a top contender to be Canadas captain when the tournament opens on Boxing Day. "Thats the most important thing and just be a hard-nosed team to play against. Play Canadian hockey: good on the forecheck and good on the cycle. We got a bunch of big guys that can move pretty well so I think thats going to be the identity." "We want to be a hard team to play against," said Horvat. "We want to play hard every game, take it day-by-day, and that message definitely got across at practice." Sutter wants his team to remain humble and hungry so he wasnt thrilled to learn the oddsmakers at Bodog have installed Canada as 7/4 favourites to win the gold medal. The defending champion Americans, host Swedes and Russians, who beat Canada in the bronze medal game a year ago, were all 3/1. "Last I saw, another team won the gold medal last year and we finished fourth so people can say what they need to say on the outside, but we have a lot of work ahead of us," said Sutter. "Youre always favoured. Canada is always favoured, because its our game, you know, its Canada and thats all perception on the outside. But the ones inside, weve got to get busy, get to work, theres a lot of work involved and we got to dig in. "We havent won here in a while so weve got to get back to playing the way we need to play and if we want to have a chance in this tournament, its not going to be strictly based on skill." ' ' '