The 1986 Air Canada Cup was Canada's eighth annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 15–19, 1986 at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Notre Dame Hounds from Wilcox, Saskatchewan won their second national title, defeating the Toronto Redwings in the gold medal game. The Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Rod Brind'Amour, Scott Pellerin, Frédéric Chabot, Michel Picard, Yves Racine, and most notably, future Hall of Famer Joe Sakic, who was a member of the Burnaby Hawks.[1][2]

1986 Air Canada Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, NB
DatesApril 15–19, 1986
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Notre Dame Hounds
Runner-up Toronto Redwings
Third place Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Michel Picard
MVPBrent Bobyck
← 1985
1987 →

Teams edit

Result Team Region City
  Notre Dame Hounds West Wilcox, Saskatchewan
  Toronto Redwings Central Toronto
  Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy Quebec Ste-Foy, Quebec
4 St. John's Avalon Atlantic St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
5 Moncton Flyers Host Moncton, New Brunswick
6 Burnaby Hawks Pacific Burnaby, BC

Round robin edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Notre Dame Hounds 5 5 0 0 33 10 +23 10
2 Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy 5 4 1 0 31 14 +17 8
3 Toronto Red Wings 5 2 2 1 20 26 −6 5
4 St. John's Avalon 5 1 3 1 18 34 −16 3
5 Moncton Flyers 5 1 4 0 24 34 −10 2
6 Burnaby Hawks 5 1 4 0 16 24 −8 2

Scores edit

  • Moncton 8 – Burnaby 5
  • Toronto 4 – St. John's 4
  • Notre Dame 3 – Ste-Foy 1
  • Toronto 6 – Moncton 2
  • Ste-Foy 11 – St. John's 2
  • Notre Dame 10 – Toronto 1
  • Ste-Foy 4 – Burnaby 1
  • Notre Dame 7 – Moncton 4
  • Burnaby 5 – St. John's 2
  • Ste-Foy 9 – Moncton 5
  • Toronto 6 – Burnaby 4
  • Ste-Foy 6 – Toronto 3
  • Notre Dame 9 – St. John's 3
  • St. John's 7 – Moncton 5
  • Notre Dame 4 – Burnaby 1

Playoffs edit

Semi-finals edit

  • Notre Dame 10 – St. John's 1
  • Toronto 7 – Ste- Foy 4

Bronze-medal game edit

  • Ste-Foy 7 – St. John's 6

Gold-medal game edit

  • Notre Dame 8 – Toronto 5

Individual awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "TELUS40". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  2. ^ a b "Hounds have a second title to howl about", Regina Leader-Post, p. 13, 1986-04-21, retrieved 2013-04-24

External links edit