Corey Mace can thank Calgary for the smile on his face these days.

Both on and off the football field.

And for his first-place club in the Canadian Football League.

After all, his time here changed the life of the now- Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach.

Mace wasn’t simply a star defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders, as he totalled 44 tackles, four sacks and two touchdowns in 40 games played in the Canadian Football League.

He found family here, too.

“It was a special time,” said Mace, of his 10-plus years in Calgary, where his Roughriders (8-1) ready themselves to play the Stampeders (6-3) on Saturday at McMahon Stadium (5 p.m., TSN, CHQR 770 AM/107.3 FM the Edge).

“The city means a great deal to me,” continued the native of Port Moody, B.C. “I met my wife there. My daugh

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