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MONTREAL — Jaroslav Spacek let his emotions show in his first game back in Montreal.
Spacek scored and celebrated with a leap into the glass in his return to Montreal as the Carolina Hurricanes snapped the Canadiens’ four-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory in the NHL late Monday.
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"I’m not like Mike Cammalleri, he scores often," Spacek said of his former Canadiens teammate who is now with the Calgary Flames. "I don’t, so I have to celebrate a little bit. Especially here. I’m so happy."
Spacek was traded to the Hurricanes on Dec. 9 in exchange for a fellow Czech, defenceman Tomas Kaberle.
Spacek put his former teammates in a 2-0 hole in the second period when Jeff Skinner found him back-door on a Carolina power play.
Hurricanes captain Eric Staal liked seeing Spacek fired up against his former team.
"That was a big win for us," Staal said. "Spatcho’s a great team guy. He’s got that personality where he never seems to be in a bad mood. And any time you score against your old team, I’m sure it’s a good feeling and it was for him tonight."
