By Stampeders.com Staff

It will unquestionably seem odd on Friday when Nik Lewis is on the field for a game involving the Calgary Stampeders wearing the bleu-blanc-rouge of the Montreal Alouettes.

A Stamp since 2004, Lewis signed a free-agent deal with Montreal in the off-season and will be facing his former team for the first time in Week 2 action at Montreal’s Percival Molson Stadium.

The 33-year-old slotback got his Alouettes career off to a good start — he was Montreal’s leading receiver in Week 1 — and there are undoubtedly some Stamps fans with mixed feelings and divided allegiances who will be rooting for both a Calgary victory and a productive night for Lewis.

No one knows yet how much longer Lewis will play but there’s no doubt that when all is said and done, he’ll best be remembered for all his 1,000-yard seasons and his two Grey Cups in Calgary and his name will be added to the Stampeders’ Wall of Fame.

Here are some other notable long-serving Stamps who finished their careers elsewhere:

Tony Pacjaczkowski: In a situation that parallels Lewis’, Pacjaczkowski was a multiple-time all-star during an 11-year career with the Stamps (1955-65) before moving on to the Alouettes for two seasons.

Pacjaczkowski, a lineman who played on both sides of the ball over his career, was a six-time division all-star and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

Mark McLoughlin: The top scorer in Calgary franchise history played a record 16 seasons in Red and White (1988-2003) and had actually retired for a year before being summoned by the BC Lions — and his former Stamps boss Wally Buono — to release struggling place-kicker Duncan O’Mahony.

In an unusual situation, McLoughlin returned to his Alberta home during the week before joining the Lions on game days. He played four games for BC before retiring for good.

Alondra Johnson: The Hall-of-Famer played more seasons for the Stamps — 13 — than any other linebacker. Though he started his career with BC, it was with Calgary he made his mark with six division-all star nods between 1991 and 2000.

Johnson won three Grey Cup titles with the Stamps and was a fixture in the middle of defence until Buono left to join the Lions in 2003. Johnson wound up his career with a three-game stint with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2004.

Jerry Keeling: The quarterback for the Stamps’ 1971 Grey Cup-winning team played a dozen seasons for the Stamps (1961-72) before winding down his career with Ottawa and Hamilton.

Calgary decided to trade Keeling to the Nation’s Capital once Peter Liske returned to the Stamps after a stint in the NFL.

Rudy Linterman: A member of the Stamps’ Wall of Fame in 2012 and one of the top receivers in club history, Linterman played a full decade (1968-77) and was a member of the ’71 championship team before playing one final season in Toronto in 1978.

John Helton: Yet another Stamp who had a decade of service in Calgary before moving on, Helton is the player who enjoyed the most success following his departure from the Stamps. He left the Stampeders to join the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1979 and added three West Division all-star honours to the eight he earned as a member of the Stamps.

Helton was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and was part of the inaugural class of the Stamps’ Wall of Fame in 1985.