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The Calgary Stampeders are planning for life without Cory Greenwood for a while.

After doctors looked at the results of some tests done on Greenwood earlier this week, the Stamps announced Thursday morning that he will be out of the lineup until the end of the regular season, at least.

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“Yeah, I think Cory’s going to go on the six-game (injured list), which is unfortunate,” Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said. “But that’s the update.”

The news is something of a shock.

Greenwood has been dealing with stingers — essentially pinched or stretched nerves that cause numbness — for a couple weeks now, but was initially expected to return to the lineup relatively quickly.

Instead, he went in for further testing earlier this week and it sounds as if it’s still unclear what is causing it.

“We’re going to have to take, at least, a minimum of a little bit of time on it, so it’s unfortunate,” Dickenson said. “If he miraculously recovers, we’ll get him back in there but we’re going to have to move him (to the six-game injured list).