1980 Air Canada Cup

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1980 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s) Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, ON
DatesApril 15 – 20, 1980
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Notre Dame Hounds
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgGouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgNorth Shore WC
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Richard Linteau
Awards
MVP 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]

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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 Gord Kluzak Michel Petit.

Teams

ResultTeamBranchCity
Gold medal icon.svg Notre Dame Hounds Saskatchewan Wilcox, SK
Silver medal icon.svgGouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Ste-Foy, QC
Bronze medal icon.svgNorth Shore Winter Club British Columbia North Vancouver, BC
4Halifax McDonald's Nova Scotia Halifax, NS
5Nepean Raiders Ottawa District Nepean, ON
6Sault Ste. Marie Legion Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, ON
7Calgary Northstars Alberta Calgary, AB
8Moncton Flyers New Brunswick Moncton, NB
9Brandon Wheat Kings Manitoba Brandon, MB
10St. John's Christian Brothers Newfoundland St. John's, NL
11Sherwood-Parkdale Prince Edward Island Sherwood, PE
12Fort Frances Boise Cascade Thunder Bay District Fort Frances, ON

Round robin

DC8 Flight

Standings

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1Notre Dame Hounds55003114+1710
2North Shore Winter Club53202613+136
3Sault Ste. Marie Legion53201915+46
4Calgary Northstars53202214+86
5Brandon Wheat Kings51401323−102
6Fort Frances Boise Cascade5050840−320
Source: [ citation needed ]

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

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy5500378+2910
2Halifax McDonald's53201412+26
3Nepean Rangers53202915+146
4Moncton Flyers52301720−34
5St. John's Christian Brothers51401537−222
6Sherwood-Parkdale51401737−202
Source: [ citation needed ]

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
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