CALGARY - Calgary Stampeders fullback Teyo Johnson was back with his team Saturday, less than 48 hours after he was stabbed during a downtown rave.

Johnson, from White Rock, B.C., will not play in Sunday's Western semifinal against the Edmonton Eskimos, but stood on the McMahon Stadium sidelines as his teammates prepared for the playoff game.

The 27-year-old felt it was important to show that he wasn't badly injured, so the incident would be less of a distraction heading into the game.

"Luckily no vitals were hit and it's just a flesh wound," Johnson said.

"That was a big thing for me to come here and let everybody know what exactly happened and I'm fine and we need to get this victory."

Police said Johnson was stabbed in the lower back during a skirmish at the Calgary Stampede grounds around 1:15 a.m. on Friday. Johnson, six foot five and 206 pounds, was taken to hospital with a single stab wound deemed non life-threatening.

Police said a knife was recovered from the scene. One person was arrested and later released.

Johnson had 18 catches for 172 yards and two touchdowns during the regular season.

"It's an unfortunate incident," he said. "We can all learn a lesson that you've got to be careful even in places that are set up to be safe. Things like this can happen and it happened to me."

Johnson was not breaking team curfew by attending the rave. Calgary head coach John Hufnagel said he wasn't angry with Johnson for being there.

"It was just an unfortunate situation to happen to one of our players," he said. "Teyo wanted to play in this game, but I would not allow that for obvious reasons.

"He did speak to the team this morning and I don't want to say he apologized, but he did tell his teammates he did not want to be a distraction."