1981 Memorial Cup

The 1981 Memorial Cup occurred May 3-May 15 at the Windsor Arena in Windsor, Ontario. Participating teams were the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Kitchener Rangers, Cornwall Royals and Victoria Cougars. Cornwall won their second Memorial Cup in a row and third overall, defeating Kitchener in the final game.

Round-robin standings

Scores

Round-robin
*May 3 Cornwall 6-3 Kitchener
*May 4 Victoria 7-4 Kitchener
*May 5 Cornwall 3-1 Victoria
*May 6 Kitchener 6-4 Cornwall
*May 7 Kitchener 4-2 Victoria
*May 8 Cornwall 8-4 Victoria

Final
*May 10 Cornwall 8-2 Kitchener

Winning roster

Scott Arniel, Fred Arthur, Fred Boimistruck, Eric Calder, Marc Crawford, Gilles Crepeau, Jeff Eatough, Dan Frawley, Tom Graovec, Doug Gilmour, Craig Haliday, Dale Hawerchuk, John Kirk, Marc Lalonde, Joe Mantione, Corrado Micalef, Sandy Mitchell, Stephen Molaski, Gerard Peltier, Roy Russell, Robert Savard. Coach: Bob Kilger

Award Winners

*Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Dale Hawerchuk, Cornwall
*George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Mark Morrison, Victoria
*Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Corrado Micalef, Cornwall

All-star team
*Goal: Corrado Micalef, Cornwall
*Defence: Fred Arthur, Cornwall; Joe McDonell, Kitchener
*Centre: Dale Hawerchuk, Cornwall
*Left Wing: Marc Crawford, Cornwall
*Right Wing: Brian Bellows, Kitchener

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