1980 Air Canada Cup

March 2026 Air Canada Cup 1980 April 15 – 20, 1980 12 Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, ON other Notre Dame Hounds Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy North Shore WC Gord Flegel Richard Linteau 1979 1981 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. Hounds capture Air Canada Cup Regina Leader-Post 21 1980-04-21 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w9EjUEod0xMC&dat=19800421&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2013-04-26 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 Result Team Branch City Notre Dame Hounds Saskatchewan Wilcox, SK Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Ste-Foy, QC North Shore Winter Club British Columbia North Vancouver, BC 4 Halifax McDonald's Nova Scotia Halifax, NS 5 Nepean Raiders Ottawa District Nepean, ON 6 Sault Ste. Marie Legion Ontario Sault Ste. Marie, ON 7 Calgary Northstars Alberta Calgary, AB 8 Moncton Flyers New Brunswick Moncton, NB 9 Brandon Wheat Kings Manitoba Brandon, MB 10 St. John's Christian Brothers Newfoundland St. John's, NL 11 Sherwood-Parkdale Prince Edward Island Sherwood, PE 12 Fort Frances Boise Cascade Thunder Bay District Fort Frances, ON Round robin DC8 Flight Standings main WDL 2 y NDH Notre Dame Hounds NSW North Shore Winter Club SML Sault Ste. Marie Legion CNS Calgary Northstars BWK Brandon Wheat Kings FFB Fort Frances Boise Cascade 5 0 0 31 14 3 0 2 26 13 3 0 2 19 15 3 0 2 22 14 1 0 4 13 23 0 0 5 8 40 complete Scores 22em 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 main WDL 2 y GSF Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy HMD Halifax McDonald's NRA Nepean Rangers MFL Moncton Flyers STJ St. John's Christian Brothers SPA Sherwood-Parkdale 5 0 0 37 8 3 0 2 14 12 3 0 2 29 15 2 0 3 17 20 1 0 4 15 37 1 0 4 17 37 complete Scores 22em 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 North Shore 5 - Halifax 1 Gold medal game Notre Dame 5 - Ste-Foy 1 Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Gord Flegel (Notre Dame) Top Scorer: Richard Linteau (Ste-Foy) Top Forward: Rejean Bignola (Ste-Foy) Top Defenceman: James Patrick (Notre Dame) Top Goaltender: Robbie Richardson (Halifax) Most Sportsmanlike Player: Randy Heath (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:Sports in Cornwall, Ontario Category:April 1980 sports events in Canada Category:1980 in Ontario Category:1980 in sports in Ontario