| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, ON |
| Dates | April 15 – 20, 1980 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Notre Dame Hounds |
Runner-up  | Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy |
Third place  | North Shore WC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Richard Linteau |
| MVP | Gord Flegel |
The 1980 Air Canada Cup was Canada's second annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 15 – 20, 1980 at the Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, Ontario. The Notre Dame Hounds won their first national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy in the gold medal game. The North Shore Winter Club of North Vancouver, British Columbia won the bronze medal.[1]
The two most notable players in this tournament were future Hall of Famers Steve Yzerman of the Nepean Raiders and Ron Francis of the Sault Ste. Marie Legion. Other future National Hockey League players competing were Lyndon Byers, Brian Curran, Dean Evason, Gary Leeman, Gerard Gallant, Ron Hextall, James Patrick, Darren Pang, and Gord Kluzak Michel Petit.
- ^ "Hounds capture Air Canada Cup", Regina Leader-Post, p. 21, 1980-04-21, retrieved 2013-04-26