1980-81 OHL season

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The 1980-81 OHL season was the 1st season of the Ontario Hockey League, having been renamed from the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 68 games. The Kitchener Rangers won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 OHL Playoffs 2.1 First Round 2.2 Quarter-Finals 2.3 Semi-Finals 2.4 J. Ross Robertson Cup 3 OHL awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Leyden Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	47	19	2	96	412	290
Ottawa 67's	68	45	20	3	93	360	264
Kingston Canadians	68	39	26	3	81	334	273
Oshawa Generals	68	35	30	3	73	321	352
Peterborough Petes	68	29	36	3	61	287	290
Sudbury Wolves	68	20	45	3	43	284	380

Emms Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Kitchener Rangers	68	34	33	1	69	321	320
Brantford Alexanders	68	34	34	0	68	350	354
Windsor Spitfires	68	33	33	2	68	322	337
Niagara Falls Flyers	68	30	36	2	62	354	359
Toronto Marlboros	68	31	37	0	62	298	336
London Knights	68	20	48	0	40	300	388

[edit] Scoring leaders

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 Canadians	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	114
Randy Cunneyworth	Ottawa 67's	67	54	74	128	240
Doug Sheddon	Windsor Spitfires	66	51	72	123	78

[edit] OHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

Oshawa Generals defeat Peterborough Petes 3-2

Niagara Falls Flyers defeat Toronto Marlboros 3-2

[edit] Quarter-Finals

Kingston Canadians defeat Ottawa 67's 9 points to 5

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat Oshawa Generals 8 points to 4

Windsor Spitfires defeat Brantford Alexanders 8 points to 4

Kitchener Rangers defeat Niagara Falls Flyers 9 points to 5

[edit] Semi-Finals

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat Kingston Canadians 9 points to 5

Kitchener Rangers defeat Windsor Spitfires 9 points to 1

[edit] J. Ross Robertson Cup

Kitchener Rangers defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 9 points to 3

[edit] OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Kitchener Rangers
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
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
F.W. '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

[edit] See also

• OHA Standings 1974 and earlier
• OMJHL Standings 1974 to 1980
• OHL Standings 1980 to present
• List of OHL seasons

• 1981 Memorial Cup
• 1981 NHL Entry Draft
• 1980 in sports
• 1981 in sports

[edit] References

• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1979-80 OMJHL season

OHL seasons

Succeeded by 1981-82 OHL season