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
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
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
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
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

Award team
J. Ross Robertson Cup Kitchener Rangers
Hamilton Spectator Trophy Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Emms Trophy Kitchener Rangers
Leyden Trophy Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Award Player / Official team
Red Tilson Trophy Ernie Godden Windsor Spitfires
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy John Goodwin Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Matt Leyden Trophy Brian Kilrea Ottawa 67's
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Tony Tanti Oshawa Generals
Max Kaminsky Trophy Randy Boyd Ottawa 67's
Jack Ferguson Award Dan Quinn Belleville Bulls
Dave Pinkney Trophy Jim Ralph Ottawa 67's
Emms Family Award Tony Tanti Oshawa Generals
FW "Dinty" Moore Trophy John Vanbiesbrouck Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
William Hanley Trophy John Goodwin Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Bobby Smith Trophy Doug Smith Ottawa 67's

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ historical roster 1980/81 on hockeydb.com (English, accessed on September 27, 2015)
  2. ↑ 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ontariohockeyleague.com