1979-80 MJHL Season

This is the 1979-80 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season.

Regular Season

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
North Division
Selkirk Steelers	48	37	10	1	350	194	75
Dauphin Kings	48	19	26	3	251	272	41
Brandon Travellers	48	13	35	0	216	327	26
Portage Terriers	48	5	41	2	195	428	12
South Division
St. Boniface Saints	48	32	15	1	299	220	65
St. James Canadians	48	29	18	1	255	197	59
Fort Garry Blues	48	29	19	0	271	228	58
Kildonan North Stars	48	24	21	3	289	234	51
Kenora Thistles	48	22	25	1	266	289	45

Playoffs

	Division Semi-Finals					Division Finals					Final
	1	Selkirk Steelers	4
	S5	Kenora Thistles	0
						1	Selkirk Steelers	4
	North Division
						2	Dauphin Kings	1
	2	Dauphin Kings	4
	3	Brandon Travellers	2
											1	Selkirk Steelers	4
											4	Kildonan North Stars	0
	1	St. Boniface Saints	2
	4	Kildonan North Stars	4
						4	Kildonan North Stars	4
	South Division
						2	St. James Canadians	2
	2	St. James Canadians	4
	3	Fort Garry Blues	2

Manitoba Championship

Turnbull Cup Championship

Selkirk defeated Thompson King Miners (NJHL) 3-games-to-none see 1980 Turnbull Cup

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff

Anavet Cup Championship

Selkirk lost to Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) 4-games-to-2 see 1980 Anavet Cup

League Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Amount
Most Points	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles	122
Most Goals	Clint Haight	Selkirk Steelers	53
Most Assists	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles	72
Top Goals Against Average	Bruce Kolotylo	St. James Canadians	3.93

Scoring Leaders

Rank	Player	Team	G	A	Pts
1	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles	50	72	122
2	Bruce Eakin	St. James Canadians	42	62	104
3	Clint Haight	Selkirk Steelers	53	48	101

Awards

Trophy	Winner	Team
MVP	Brad Lamb	Portage Terriers
Top Goaltender	Bruce Kolotylo	St. James Canadians
Top Defenseman	Randy Neufeld	Selkirk Steelers
Rookie of the Year	Bruce Eakin	St. James Canadians
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship	Rick Lindquist	Kenora Thistles
Scoring Champion	Larry Beck	Kenora Thistles

All-Star Team

Craig MacLeod • Larry Beck • Clint Haight Selkirk Steelers • Kenora Thistles • Selkirk Steelers Lyle Davies • Randy Neufeld St. James Canadians • Selkirk Steelers Bruce Kolotylo St. James Canadians Coach Al Hares Selkirk Steelers

in the News

June

• Cam Connor claimed by Edmonton Oilers from Montreal Canadiens in NHL Expansion Draft.

March

• Edmonton Oilers traded forward Cam Connor to the New York Rangers.

1980

• Rick St. Croix named to AHL First All-Star Team.
• Rick St. Croix and Robbie Moore won the Harry "Hap" Holmes Award for AHL fewest goals against.

National Hockey League

Ray Allison Paul Baxter John Bednarski Rick Blight Laurie Boschman Ron Chipperfield Bobby Clarke Cam Connor

Tim Coulis Bill Derlago Brian Engblom Butch Goring Glen Hanlon Gerry Hart Dennis Hextall

Reggie Leach Chuck Lefley Barry Legge Ron Low Chuck Luksa John Marks Perry Miller

Chris Oddleifson Curt Ridley Dave Semenko Charlie Simmer Rick St. Croix Wayne Stephenson Blaine Stoughton

Professional Players

• Dave Allison
• Wes Coulson

Major Junior Players

• Mike Allison

University & College Players

• Doug Hedley