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1982 Air Canada Cup

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Dates
  
April 13 – 18, 1982

Champions
  
Burnaby Winter Club

Teams
  
12

Runner-up
  
Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy

Venue(s)
  
Memorial Arena in Victoria, BC

Third place
  
Cape Breton Colonels South Ottawa Warriors

The 1982 Air Canada Cup was Canada's fourth annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 13 – 18, 1982 at the Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers defeated the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy, who were led by future Hall of Famer Patrick Roy in goal, to win the gold medal. The bronze medal game between the Cape Breton Colonels and the South Ottawa Warriors ended in a 5-5 tie. Burnaby's Cliff Ronning led the tournament in scoring and was named Most Valuable Player.

Contents

Aside from Ronning and Roy, other future National Hockey League players competing were Wendel Clark, Sylvain Côté Russ Courtnall, Tony Hrkac, Grant Jennings, Bob Joyce, and Mike Millar.

Quarter-Finals

  • Burnaby 7 - Corner Brook 1
  • Cape Breton 2 - Notre Dame 1
  • South Ottawa 6 - Andrews 3
  • Ste-Foy 7 - St. Catharines 4

    • Semi-Finals

  • Burnaby 4 - Cape Breton 3 (OT)
  • Ste-Foy 4 - South Ottawa 2

    • Bronze Medal Game

  • Cape Breton 5 - South Ottawa 5 (OT)

    • Gold Medal Game

  • Burnaby 3 - Ste-Foy 1

    • Individual Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Cliff Ronning (Burnaby)
  • Top Scorer: Cliff Ronning (Burnaby)
  • Top Forward: Martin Bouliane (Ste-Foy)
  • Top Defenceman: Sylvain Côté (Ste-Foy)
  • Top Goaltender: Marc Robillard (South Ottawa)
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player: Steve Dunne (Corner Brook)

    • References

    1982 Air Canada Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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