1979 Air Canada Cup

March 2026 Air Canada Cup 1979 April 16 – 22, 1979 12 Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, MB other Couillard de Ste-Foy St. Michael's College Notre Dame Hounds Pierre Rioux Claude Drouin 1980 The 1979 Air Canada Cup was Canada's inaugural national midget 'AAA' hockey championship. It took place April 16 – 22, 1979 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association established the Air Canada Cup for the 1978–79 season as the new official midget championship, replacing the invitational Wrigley National Midget Tournament. The Couillard de Ste-Foy (Quebec) captured the first national championship, defeating St. Michael's College Buzzers (Ontario) in the gold medal game. The Notre Dame Hounds (Saskatchewan) took the bronze medal. Ste Foy wins midget title Regina Leader-Post 22 1979-04-23 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w9EjUEod0xMC&dat=19790423&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2013-04-26 Quebec captures midget hockey title The Montreal Gazette 49 1979-04-22 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w9EjUEod0xMC&dat=19790423&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2013-04-26 Future National Hockey League players competing at the inaugural Air Canada Cup were Garry Galley, Paul Gillis, Mike Moller, Randy Moller, Tony Tanti, James Patrick, and future Hall of Fame defenceman Al MacInnis. Teams Result Team Branch City Couillard de Ste-Foy Quebec Ste-Foy, QC St. Michael's College Buzzers Ontario Toronto, ON Notre Dame Hounds Saskatchewan Wilcox, SK 4 Ottawa West 79's Ottawa District Ottawa, ON 5 North Shore Winter Club British Columbia North Vancouver, BC 6 Antigonish Novas Nova Scotia Antigonish, NS 7 PEI Eastern Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, PE 8 St. James Canadians Manitoba Winnipeg, MB 9 Moncton Flyers New Brunswick Moncton, NB 10 Red Deer Chiefs Alberta Red Deer, AB 11 Corner Brook Newfoundland Corner Brook, NL 12 Andrews Maroons Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay, ON Round robin DC8 Flight Standings main WDL 2 y STM St. Michael's College Buzzers NDH Notre Dame Hounds NSW North Shore Winter Club STJ St. James Canadians RDC Red Deer Chiefs AND Andrews Maroons 4 0 1 24 11 4 0 1 25 14 4 0 1 27 18 1 1 3 15 18 1 0 4 20 25 0 1 4 10 35 complete Scores 22em St. Michael's College 6 - Red Deer 0 Notre Dame 11 - Andrews 2 North Shore 4 - St. James 3 North Shore 8 - Red Deer 8 St. Michael's College 5 - Notre Dame 3 St. James 2 - Andrews 2 Notre Dame 3 - North Shore 2 St. Michael's College 5 - Andrews 2 St. James 5 - Red Deer 3 North Shore 4 - St. Michael's College 3 Red Deer 8 - Andrews 2 Notre Dame 4 - St. James 3 North Shore 9 - Andrews 2 Notre Dame 4 - Red Deer 2 St. Michael's College 5 - St. James 2 DC9 Flight Standings main WDL 2 y CSF Couillard de Ste-Foy O79 Ottawa West 79's ANT Antigonish Pirates PEI PEI Eastern MON Moncton Flyers CBR Corner Brook 5 0 0 41 5 3 1 1 19 13 2 0 3 20 23 2 0 3 16 29 1 1 3 16 22 1 0 4 10 30 complete Scores 22em Ottawa West 5 - Antigonish 4 Ste-Foy 14 - Corner Brook 1 Eastern 4 - Moncton 3 Ottawa West 5 - Corner Brook 1 Ste-Foy 9 - Eastern 1 Antigonish 5 - Moncton 4 Ste-Foy 8 - Moncton 1 Ottawa West 5 - Eastern 2 Corner Brook 4 - Antigonish 2 Ottawa West 3 - Moncton 3 Ste-Foy 7 - Antigonish 2 Eastern 5 - Corner Brook 4 Antigonish 7 - Eastern 3 Moncton 4 - Corner Brook 1 Ste-Foy 3 - Ottawa West 1 Playoffs Bronze medal game Notre Dame 7 - Ottawa West 2 Gold medal game Ste-Foy 9 - St. Michael's College 7 Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Pierre Rioux (Ste-Foy) Top Scorer: Claude Drouin (Ste-Foy) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Paul Houck (North Shore) See also Telus Cup References External links Telus Cup Website Hockey Canada-Telus Cup Guide and Record Book Category:Telus Cup Air Canada Cup Category:Ice hockey competitions in Winnipeg Category:April 1979 sports events in Canada Category:1979 in Manitoba