Dimitri Tsoumpas steps up to help Stampeders offensive line

CALGARY – Offensive lineman Dimitri Tsoumpas has come out of retirement to provide an extra body at Calgary Stampeders practice.

The three-time CFL all-star retired in 2013 after six seasons with Calgary because of concussion symptoms.

“Dimitri approached me and offered to help the team by going on the practice roster and taking some of the burden off our healthy offensive linemen at practice,” Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel said Wednesday in a statement.

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The Stampeders lost centre Pierre Lavertu and left guard Shane Bergman to injury in the first half of Sunday’s win over the B.C. Lions in the division semifinal.

Calgary faces the Edmonton Eskimos in the division final next Sunday. The winner advances to the Grey Cup.

Tsoumpas, from Edmonton, coached the University of Calgary’s offensive line in 2015.