Ru sia's hockey federation will face sanctionsfor players' disrespectful actions after its in Sunday's world championships gold medal game in Prague, the InternationalIce HockeyFederation announced Monday. The Canadians outshot the Ru sians37-12and scored four times in a 10-minute spanover the first and second periodsin routingthedefending champions.When the game ended, the majority of Ru sian players left the ice beforethe playing of the Canadian national anthemin honor of Canada'svictory. "Once we arrive back home after the world championships, we will look into this question and we will get in touch with those in charge at the Ru sian Ice Hockey Federation," IIHF president Rene Fasel said in the statement, ." Riley Duran Jersey The IIHF has its own protocol and some sort of punishment will be handed down." Only a few Ru sian players stayed on the ice afterthe game, includingCapitalsforwardAlex Ovechkin, PenguinsforwardEvgeni Malkin andPanthersdefensemanDmitry Kulikov. , Ovechkin even appeared to try to persuade his teammates to stay on the ice. "When I saw what had happened, I was very upset,"Fasel added."In the 29 world championships that I have had the honor of attending, this is the first time I have seen something like this. What the Ru sian team did was completely out of order. "On the ice during the game, anything can happen collisions, fights. However, after its conclusion, respect to the opposition is always nece sary." Ru siageneral manager Andrey Safronov called the incident a simple misunderstanding. "Nothing forced our team to leave the ice, and it was simply an organizational mistake and it was our mistake and not the one of the organizers," Safronov told Ru sian news agency TASS, ."We are feeling very ashamed and uncomfortable now, and on the behalf of the national team I bow to the Canadians.I am lost for words and can say only that there was nothing of a premeditated nature in the incident." With their victory Sunday, the Canadians won their first world championship since 2007. Gerry Cheevers Jersey