For the first time in more than 30 years, Canada officially has a medal drought at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Gary Roberts Jersey . Canada dropped the bronze medal game to Russia by a score of 2-1 on Sunday, marking the first time it has failed to win a medal in back-to-back tournaments since the Program of Excellences inception in 1982. Russia stormed out to an early 2-0 lead over Canada on Sunday thanks to first period goals from Mikhail Grigorenko and Eduard Gimatov. It would provide the basis for a lead Russia would never surrender. Canada would get on the board mid-way through the third with defenceman Josh Morrissey giving the Canadian team some life, but it would not be enough as the Russians would beat Canada to claim bronze for a second straight year. Andrei Vasilevski turned away 28 of the 29 shots Canada threw at him on Sunday, improving his all-time World Junior record to 11-4 over the course of three tournaments. He was named Russias Player of the Game. Aaron Ekblad was named Canadas Player of the Game. Canadian goalkeeper Zach Fucale took over as starter after Canadas preliminary round loss to the Czech Republic and stopped 30 of the 32 shots he faced in the semifinal. The Montreal Canadiens draft pick expressed disappointment with the result despite his strong play. "This is absolutely not about me," he told TSN in a post-game interview. "This is just about the team winning and we came here for a reason and we didnt get it done." Canada has now gone five tournaments without bringing home World Junior gold. Their last gold came in 2009 when they claimed their fifth consecutive tournament, winning on home ice in Ottawa. The loss sets Canada up for a tough group at the 2015 World Juniors that will be hosted in Toronto and Montreal. With the fourth-place finish, Canada is set to once again be drawn with the United States. They will also be joined by defending gold medalists Finland as well as Slovakia and Germany. "For guys coming back next year its good motivation," said forward Curtis Lazar, who finished third in team scoring with three goals and four assists in seven games. "Its Canada, you want to get back on top. Its a tough tournament to win, thats the bottom line," Lazar added. This Canadian team has 11 players that would be eligible to play in next years tournament, including Lazar. However, 17-year-olds Sam Reinhart and Aaron Ekblad are projected to go first and second in the 2014 NHL Draft and their availability for next years team would be questionable. It was a tough tournament for Canada, as the team surrendered the first goal in all but one of their games. But the bronze medal game saw a better overall effort for Canada than the one they put forth in the semifinal loss to Finland. "In this particular game you could make a case that Team Canada deserved a better fate but in the bigger picture of where they finished in the tournament I dont think you could say they deserved anything more than what they got, which is a fourth-place finish," TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie said. "In a difficult game to play, they had more emotion, they had more commitment and more chances to score and generated a lot more than they did in the semifinals against Finland, where they generated only three shots in the third period," McKenzie added. The tournament also saw head coach Brent Sutters perfect World Junior record shattered after Canada lost its preliminary round game to the Czech Republic 5-4 in a shootout. Sutter had gone 6-0 and won gold in both his previous coaching tenures in the 2005 tournament in Vancouver and Kelowna and the 2006 tournament in Grand Forks, North Dakota. McKenzie believes Canadas troubles may have less to do with Canadas on-ice personnel and more to do with the mental approach the team takes to the high-profile competition, especially the knockout games. "Its more along the lines of [being] terrified to lose than [they] are determined to win," McKenzie observed of three years worth of semifinal defeats. Fucale would also acknowledge the weight of high expectations after the defeat. "Here its all about results," said the 18-year-old. "Canada expects more, we expect more from ourselves and you know we didnt get it done." Oliver Kylington Jersey . On Friday night, after a long rain delay, he was scratched from his scheduled start. Curtis Lazar Jersey . Especially after he got ejected. "How many innings was that?" he wondered.LONDON, Ont. -- Matt Rupert had two goals and an assist and brother Ryan Rupert scored once and set up two more as the London Knights doubled up the Ottawa 67s 6-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Gemel Smith, Max Domi and Brett Welychka also scored for the Knights (41-12-5), who extended their win streak to six games, while Josh Anderson tacked on three assists. Tyler Hill, Travis Konecny and Erik Bradford replied for the 67s (20-33-4). Jake Patterson made 23 saves for London as Ottawas Liam Herbst turned aside 57-of-62 shots in a losing cause. --- GENERALS 3 FRONTENACS 2 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Joe Manchurek broke a 2-2 deadlock at 6:59 of the third period as Oshawa edged the Frontenacs. Scott Laughton and Cole Cassels also scored for the Generals (37-16-5). Darcy Greenaway and Conor McGlynn scored for Kingston (32-21-4), which lost for the first time in three outings. Daniel Altshuler made 33 saves for Oshawa while Matt Mahalak stopped 22 shots for the Frontenacs. --- WHALERS 3 STING 2 SARNIA, Ont. -- Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves as the Whalers handed Sarnia its 11th loss in a row. Connor Chatham had a goal and an assist for Plymouth (23-29-6) while Yannick Rathgeb and Danny Vanderwiel scored the others. Davis Brown and Connor Schlichting supplied the scoring for the Sting (15-37-6). Sarnias Taylor Dupuis stopped 28-of-31 shots in a losing cause. --- STORM 6 SPITFIRES 4 GUELPH, Ont. -- Robby Fabbri and Kerby Rychel each had a goal and three assists as the Storm earned their seventh win in a row by downing Windsor. Brett Kulak Jersey. Zack Mitchell scored once and set up two more for Guelph (45-9-3) and Stephen Pierog, Ryan Horvat and Nick Ebert each scored once. Brody Milne, Slater Koekkoek, Christiano DiGiacinto and Brady Vail scored for the Spitfires (34-22-3), who lost their fourth in a row. Justin Nichols made 21 saves for the Storm as Windsors Alex Fotinos stopped 30-of-36 shots in defeat. --- ATTACK 3 RANGERS 1 KITCHENER, Ont. -- Brandon Hope made 47 saves, including 21 in the third period, as Owen Sound defeated the Rangers. Holden Cook, Kyle Platzer and Brayden Rose scored for Owen Sound (26-24-7). Nick Maygar recorded Kitcheners (22-33-3) only goal while Matthew Greenfield stopped 19 shots in defeat. The Attack went 1 for 2 on the power play as the Rangers failed to score on either of their chances with the man advantage. --- PETES 4 STEELHEADS 0 MISSISSAUGA, Ont.-- Anthony Stefano had two goals and an assist as Peterborough blanked the Steelheads. Stephen Nosad had a goal and an assist for the Petes (26-27-5) while Nick Ritchie scored once. Peterboroughs Andrew DAgostini only had to make 15 saves for his fifth-career shutout. Spencer Martin stopped 36-of-40 shots for Mississauga (21-33-4), which dropped its fourth game in a row. --- The Ontario Hockey League announced that Fridays game between the Erie Otters and Sudbury Wolves was postponed due to unsafe ice conditions. 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