1981 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS
DatesApril 14 – 19, 1981
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Lions du Lac St-Louis
Runner-up Kitchener Greenshirts
Third place Antigonish Novas
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Normand Lacombe
MVPDale Derkatch
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The 1981 Air Canada Cup was Canada's third annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 14 – 19, 1981 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Lions du Lac St-Louis won their first national championship, defeating the Kitchener Greenshirts in the gold medal game. The Antigonish Novas from Nova Scotia won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Lyndon Byers, Bobby Dollas, Normand Lacombe, Gary Leeman, Darryl Reaugh, Mike Tomlak and Brad Shaw.[1]

Teams

Result Team Branch City
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lions du Lac St-Louis Quebec Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kitchener Greenshirts Ontario Kitchener, ON
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antigonish Novas Nova Scotia Antigonish, NS
4 Current River Comets Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay, ON
5 Notre Dame Hounds Saskatchewan Wilcox, SK
6 Gloucester Rangers Ottawa District Gloucester, ON
7 Calgary Northstars Alberta Calgary, AB
8 North River Atlantic Insulators Prince Edward Island North River, PE
9 M.N.S. Stars Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
10 Saint John Pepsi New Brunswick Saint John, NB
11 Corner Brook Royals Newfoundland Corner Brook, NL
12 Prince George Kings British Columbia Prince George, BC

Round robin

DC8 Flight

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Kitchener Greenshirts 5 4 1 0 24 15 +9 8
2 Lions du Lac St-Louis 5 3 1 1 29 15 +14 7
3 Notre Dame Hounds 5 3 1 1 22 12 +10 7
4 Calgary Northstars 5 2 3 0 19 25 −6 4
5 M.N.S. Stars 5 2 3 0 12 18 −6 4
6 Prince George Kings 5 0 5 0 7 28 −21 0
Source:[citation needed]

Scores

DC9 Flight

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Antigonish Novas 5 4 1 0 25 11 +14 8
2 Current River Comets 5 3 2 0 15 14 +1 6
3 Gloucester Rangers 5 3 2 0 16 8 +8 6
4 North River Atlantic Insulators 5 1 2 2 13 16 −3 4
5 Saint John Pepsi 5 1 3 1 12 20 −8 3
6 Corner Brook Royals 5 1 3 1 9 21 −12 3
Source:[citation needed]

Scores

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Individual awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Greenshirts turned red-faced after losing final to Quebec", Regina Leader-Post, p. 23, 1981-04-20, retrieved 2013-04-26

External links

U18 Hockey in Canada
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