1979–80 OMJHL Season
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The 1979–80 OMJHL season was the sixth season of the
Ontario Major Junior Hockey League In 1970, the Junior A level was divided into two more levels, Tier I (Major Junior A) and Tier II (Minor Junior A). In 1974, the "Major Junior A" division of the OHA became the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) and began to operate ind ...
. The OMJHL inaugurates the Bobby Smith Trophy, named after Bobby Smith, awarded to the scholastic player of the year. Twelve teams each played 68 games. The
Peterborough Petes The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league. ...
won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Windsor Spitfires.


Regular season


Final standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched first round bye; z = clinched division title & first round bye''


Leyden Division


Emms Division


Scoring leaders


Playoffs


Division quarter-finals


Leyden Division


=(4) Kingston Canadians vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves

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Emms Division


=(4) Niagara Falls Flyers vs. (5) London Knights

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Division semi-finals


Leyden Division


=(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves

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=(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Oshawa Generals

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Emms Division


=(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (4) Niagara Falls Flyers

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=(2)Toronto Marlboros vs. (3) Brantford Alexanders

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Division finals


Leyden Division


=(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) Ottawa 67's

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Emms Division


=(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (3) Brantford Alexanders

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J. Ross Robertson Cup


(L1) Peterborough Petes vs. (E1) Windsor Spitfires


Awards


See also

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List of OHA Junior A standings This is a list of OHA standings and season-by-season summaries of the Ontario Hockey League, Ontario Hockey Association's Junior A division from 1933 to 1972, and its Tier I division from 1972 to 1974. ;Legend * GP = games played * W = wins * ...
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List of OHL seasons A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* 1980 Memorial Cup * 1980 NHL Entry Draft * 1979 in sports *
1980 in sports 1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * 1979–80 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup: ** Men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein ** Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wen ...


References


HockeyDB
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