1980 Air Canada Cup

1980 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Dates April 15 – 20, 1980
Teams 12
Venue(s) Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, ON
Final positions
Champions  Saskatchewan Notre Dame Hounds
Runner-up  Quebec Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Third place  British Columbia North Shore WC
Scoring leader(s) Quebec Richard Linteau
MVP Saskatchewan Gord Flegel
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The 1980 Air Canada Cup was Canada's second annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 15 – 20, 1980 at the Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, Ontario. The Notre Dame Hounds won their first national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy in the gold medal game. The North Shore Winter Club of North Vancouver, British Columbia won the bronze medal.[1]

The two most notable players in this tournament were future Hall of Famers Steve Yzerman of the Nepean Raiders and Ron Francis of the Sault Ste. Marie Legion. Other future National Hockey League players competing were Lyndon Byers, Brian Curran, Dean Evason, Gary Leeman, Gerard Gallant, Ron Hextall, James Patrick, Darren Pang, and Michel Petit.

Teams

Result Team Branch City
1st, gold medalist(s) Saskatchewan Notre Dame Hounds Saskatchewan Wilcox, SK
2nd, silver medalist(s) Quebec Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Ste-Foy, QC
3rd, bronze medalist(s) British Columbia North Shore Winter Club British Columbia North Vancouver, BC
4 Nova Scotia Halifax McDonald's Nova Scotia Halifax, NS
5 Ontario Nepean Raiders Ottawa District Nepean, ON
6 Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Legion Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, ON
7 Alberta Calgary Northstars Alberta Calgary, AB
8 New Brunswick Moncton Flyers New Brunswick Moncton, NB
9 Manitoba Brandon Wheat Kings Manitoba Brandon, MB
10 Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Christian Brothers Newfoundland St. John's, NL
11 Prince Edward Island Sherwood-Parkdale Prince Edward Island Sherwood, PE
12 Ontario Fort Frances Boise Cascade Thunder Bay District Fort Frances, ON

Round Robin

DC8 Flight

Standings

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Saskatchewan Notre Dame Hounds 5-0-0 31 14 10
2 British Columbia North Shore Winter Club 3-2-0 26 13 6
3 Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Legion 3-2-0 19 15 6
4 Alberta Calgary Northstars 3-2-0 22 14 6
5 Manitoba Brandon Wheat Kings 1-4-0 13 23 2
6 Ontario Fort Frances Boise Cascade 0-5-0 8 40 0

Scores

  • Notre Dame 9 - Fort Frances 3
  • North Shore 9 - Brandon 0
  • Sault Ste. Marie 5 - Calgary 2
  • North Shore 7 - Fort Frances 1
  • Notre Dame 7 - Calgary 2
  • Sault Ste. Marie 4 - Brandon 2
  • Calgary 3 - Brandon 1
  • Sault Ste. Marie 5 - Fort Frances 0
  • Notre Dame 6 - North Shore 4
  • Calgary 12 - Fort Frances 1
  • Notre Dame 4 - Brandon 2
  • North Shore 6 - Sault Ste. Marie 2
  • Calgary 3 - North Shore 0
  • Brandon 7 - Fort Frances 3
  • Notre Dame 5 - Sault Ste. Marie 3

DC9 Flight

Standings

Rank Team W-L-T GF GA PTS
1 Quebec Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 5-0-0 37 8 10
2 Nova Scotia Halifax McDonald’s 3-2-0 14 12 6
3 Ontario Nepean Rangers 3-2-0 29 15 6
4 New Brunswick Moncton Flyers 2-3-0 17 20 4
5 Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Christian Brothers 1-4-0 15 37 2
6 Prince Edward Island Sherwood-Parkdale 1-4-0 17 37 2

Scores

  • Moncton 6 - Sherwood-Parkdale 3
  • Ste-Foy 11 - St. John's 1
  • Halifax 3 - Nepean 2
  • Halifax 3 - Moncton 1
  • Ste-Foy 12 - Sherwood-Parkdale 2
  • Nepean 9 - St. John's 2
  • Halifax 5 - St. John's 2
  • Ste-Foy 5 - Moncton 2
  • Nepean 10 - Sherwood-Parkdale 3
  • Ste-Foy 4 - Halifax 1
  • St. John's 7 - Sherwood-Parkdale 6
  • Nepean 6 - Moncton 2
  • Moncton 6 - St. John's 3
  • Sherwood-Parkdale 3 - Halifax 2
  • Ste-Foy 5 - Nepean 2

Playoffs

Bronze Medal Game

Gold Medal Game

Individual Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hounds capture Air Canada Cup", Regina Leader-Post, p. 21, 1980-04-21, retrieved 2013-04-26

External links

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