OHL 1980/81
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The 1980/81 OHL season was the first season of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), which emerged that year from the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as the best point team of the regular season , but were defeated in the playoff final by the Kitchener Rangers , who thus secured their first J. Ross Robertson Cup .
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: = playoff qualification, = Hamilton Spectator Trophy winner
Leyden Division
Leyden Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 68 | 47 | 19th | 2 | 412 | 290 | 96 |
Ottawa 67's | 68 | 45 | 20th | 3 | 360 | 264 | 93 |
Kingston Canadians | 68 | 39 | 26th | 3 | 334 | 273 | 81 |
Oshawa Generals | 68 | 35 | 30th | 3 | 335 | 296 | 73 |
Peterborough Petes | 68 | 29 | 36 | 3 | 287 | 290 | 61 |
Sudbury Wolves | 68 | 20th | 45 | 3 | 284 | 380 | 43 |
Emms Division
Emms Division | GP | W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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Kitchener Rangers | 68 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 321 | 320 | 69 |
Brantford Alexander | 68 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 350 | 354 | 68 |
Windsor Spitfires | 68 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 322 | 337 | 68 |
Toronto Marlboros | 68 | 31 | 37 | 0 | 298 | 336 | 62 |
Niagara Falls Flyers | 68 | 30th | 36 | 2 | 354 | 359 | 62 |
London Knights | 68 | 20th | 48 | 0 | 300 | 388 | 40 |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM |
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John Goodwin | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 68 | 56 | 110 | 166 | 42 |
Ernie Godden | Windsor Spitfires | 68 | 87 | 66 | 153 | 185 |
Bernie Nicholls | Kingston Canadians | 65 | 63 | 89 | 152 | 109 |
Tony Tanti | Oshawa Generals | 67 | 81 | 69 | 150 | 197 |
Steve Ludzik | Niagara Falls Flyers | 58 | 50 | 92 | 142 | 108 |
Scott Howson | Kingston Frontenacs | 66 | 57 | 83 | 140 | 53 |
Steve Larmer | Niagara Falls Flyers | 61 | 55 | 78 | 133 | 73 |
Steve Gatzos | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 68 | 78 | 50 | 128 | 113 |
Randy Cunneyworth | Ottawa 67's | 67 | 54 | 74 | 128 | 240 |
Doug Shedden | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 66 | 51 | 72 | 123 | 78 |
Play-offs
Play-off tree
Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | OHL championship | |||||||||||||||
L1 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
L1 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
L4 | Oshawa Generals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
L4 | Oshawa Generals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
L5 | Peterborough Petes | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
L1 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
L3 | Kingston Canadians | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
L3 | Kingston Canadians | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
L3 | Kingston Canadians | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
L2 | Ottawa 67's | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
L2 | Ottawa 67's | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
L1 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Kitchener Rangers | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
E5 | Niagara Falls Flyers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E4 | Toronto Marlboros | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E5 | Niagara Falls Flyers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
E3 | Windsor Spitfires | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
E3 | Windsor Spitfires | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Windsor Spitfires | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
E2 | Brantford Alexander | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E2 | Brantford Alexander | |||||||||||||||||
bye |
J. Ross Robertson Cup winner
J. Ross Robertson Cup winner Kitchener Rangers |
Goalkeepers: Steve Bienkowski , Wendell Young Defenders: Scott Clements , Joel Levesque , Al MacInnis , Joe McDonnell , Pat O'Kane , Rob Whistle , Kerry Williston Attackers: Russ Adam , Brian Bellows , Kevin Casey , Mike Clayton , Lou Crawford , Mike Eagles , Drew Gareau , Bob Hicks , Jeff Larmer , Lee MacKenzie , Grant Martin , Mario Michieli , Mike Moher , Joe Scherer , Brad Schnurr Head coach: Orval Tessier |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM |
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Doug Shedden | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 19th | 16 | 22nd | 38 | 10 |
Ernie Godden | Windsor Spitfires | 11 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 44 |
Grant Martin | Kitchener Rangers | 18th | 9 | 20th | 29 | 42 |
Jeff Larmer | Kitchener Rangers | 16 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 27 |
Brian Bellows | Kitchener Rangers | 16 | 14th | 13 | 27 | 13 |
Steve Gatzos | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 19th | 16 | 9 | 25th | 23 |
Mitch Lamoureux | Oshawa Generals | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 57 |
Steve Larmer | Niagara Falls Flyers | 12 | 13 | 8th | 21st | 24 |
Kevin McClelland | Niagara Falls Flyers | 12 | 8th | 13 | 21st | 42 |
Scott Howson | Kingston Canadians | 14th | 9 | 10 | 19th | 2 |
Awards
All-star teams
First all-star team | |
Attack: | Daryl Evans - Ernie Godden - Tony Tanti |
Defense: | Randy Boyd - Rick Wilson |
Goal: | Jim Ralph |
Trainer: | Brian Kilrea |
Second all-star team | |
Attack: | Tony Butorac - John Goodwin - Steve Larmer |
Defense: | Steve Konroyd - Steve Smith |
Goal: | Mike Moffat |
Trainer: | Terry Crisp |
Third all-star team | |
Attack: | Jeff Larmer - Mike Bullard - Brian Bellows |
Defense: | Neil Belland - JP Leroux |
Goal: | John Vanbiesbrouck |
Trainer: | Orval Tessier |
Awarded trophies
See also
- 1980/81 season of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League
- 1980/81 season of the Western Hockey League
- Memorial Cup 1981
Web links
- OHL 1980/81 at hockeydb.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ historical roster 1980/81 on hockeydb.com (English, accessed on September 27, 2015)
- ↑ a b c Aaron Bell: 2014–2015 OHL Media Information Guide . Ontario Hockey League, p. 148. (English, freely available online as a PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this note. , 4674 kB)