1979-80 OMJHL season

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The 1979-80 OMJHL season was the 6th and final season of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 68 games. The Peterborough Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Windsor Spitfires. After the season's end, the league would be renamed to the Ontario Hockey League.

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
Peterborough Petes	68	47	20	1	95	316	238
Ottawa 67's	68	45	20	3	93	402	288
Oshawa Generals	68	42	26	0	84	329	275
Kingston Canadians	68	35	26	7	77	320	298
Sudbury Wolves	68	33	33	2	66	299	309
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	22	45	1	45	281	379

Emms Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Windsor Spitfires	68	36	31	1	73	323	344
Toronto Marlboros	68	33	32	3	69	342	310
Brantford Alexanders	68	31	35	2	64	412	398
Niagara Falls Flyers	68	29	39	0	58	325	355
London Knights	68	26	38	4	56	328	334
Kitchener Rangers	68	17	51	0	34	3276	425

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jim Fox	Ottawa 67's	52	65	101	166	30
Yvan Joly	Ottawa 67's	67	66	93	159	47
Mike Bullard	Brantford Alexanders	66	66	84	150	86
Sean Simpson	Ottawa 67's	67	65	84	149	8
Kevin LaVallee	Brantford Alexanders	65	65	70	135	50
Blair Barnes	Windsor Spitfires	66	63	67	130	98
Bobby Crawford	Oshawa Generals	68	61	68	129	48
Greg Terrion	Brantford Alexanders	67	44	78	122	13
Wayne Thompson	London Knights	68	47	74	121	34
Steve Ludzik	Niagara Falls Flyers	67	43	76	119	102

[edit] OHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

Sudbury Wolves defeat Kingston Canadians 3-0

Niagara Falls Flyers defeat London Knights 3-2

[edit] Quarter-Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Oshawa Generals 4-3

Peterborough Petes defeat Sudbury Wolves 4-3

Brantford Alexanders defeat Toronto Marlboros 4-0

Windsor Spitfires defeat Niagara Falls Flyers 4-1

[edit] Semi-Finals

Peterborough Petes defeat Ottawa 67's 4-0

Windsor Spitfires defeat Brantford Alexanders 4-3

[edit] J. Ross Robertson Cup

Peterborough Petes defeat Windsor Spitfires 4-0

[edit] OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Peterborough Petes
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Peterborough Petes
Red Tilson Trophy:	Jim Fox, Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Jim Fox, Ottawa 67's
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Dave Chambers, Toronto Marlboros
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Jim Fox, Ottawa 67's
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Larry Murphy, Peterborough Petes
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Rick Laferriere and Terry Wright, Peterborough Petes
Emms Family Award:	Bruce Dowie, Toronto Marlboros
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Mike Vezina, Ottawa 67's
William Hanley Trophy:	Sean Simpson, Ottawa 67's
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Steve Konroyd, Oshawa Generals

[edit] See also

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

• 1980 Memorial Cup
• 1980 NHL Entry Draft
• 1979 in sports
• 1980 in sports

[edit] References

• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1978-79 OMJHL season

OHL seasons

Succeeded by 1980-81 OHL season