Canada's players react after losing the bronze-medal game at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship to Russia in Ufa, Russia, Jan. 5, 2013. (MARK BLINCH/Reuters)

Team Canada world junior players must adjust to life back at home

No medal, but plenty of memories. And though Canada fled the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship with the disappointment and sour taste that comes with finishing in fourth place, especially in an event where expectations were so high, the players became close enough friends that they will have a bond with each other for years to come.
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