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Eric Vail

#19 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Sep 16, 1953 in Timmins, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 21st overall in 1973 by AFM (round 2)

Trophy case

Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1974-75

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Hunter MTL · 29 P in 71 GP Billy Carroll NYI · 29 P in 72 GP Ted Bulley CHI · 30 P in 59 GP Peter Marsh CHI · 28 P in 57 GP Pat Hickey QUE · 30 P in 61 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801973-74: 11 points1173-741974-75: 60 points6074-751975-76: 47 points4775-761976-77: 71 points7176-771977-78: 58 points5877-781978-79: 83 points8378-791979-80: 53 points5379-801980-81: 64 points6480-811981-82: 29 points2981-82

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 AFM 23 2 9 11 2 30 44 0 0.48
1974-75 AFM 72 39 21 60 1 46 177 0 0.83
1975-76 AFM 60 16 31 47 7 34 127 0 0.78
1976-77 AFM 78 32 39 71 9 22 208 0 0.91
1977-78 AFM 79 22 36 58 2 16 178 0 0.73
1978-79 AFM 80 35 48 83 25 53 203 0 1.04
1979-80 AFM 77 28 25 53 5 22 193 0 0.69
1980-81 CGY 64 28 36 64 8 23 164 0 1.00
1981-82 CGY 6 4 1 5 -1 0 8 0 0.83
1981-82 DET 52 10 14 24 -21 35 86 0 0.46
9 seasons Career 591 216 260 476 37 281 1388 0 0.81

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 AFM 1 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 0.00
1975-76 AFM 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.00
1976-77 AFM 3 1 3 4 -1 0 6 0 1.33
1977-78 AFM 2 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 1.00
1978-79 AFM 2 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 0.50
1979-80 AFM 4 3 1 4 3 2 7 0 1.00
1980-81 CGY 6 0 0 0 -3 0 10 0 0.00
7 seasons Playoffs 20 5 6 11 -1 6 39 0 0.55

1981-82 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 14 15 29 -22 35 94 0 0.50 14.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1982 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1982 vs WIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1982 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1982 @ TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1982 vs MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1982 @ CHI L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1982 @ WIN L 2-8 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1982 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1982 vs STL L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1982 @ BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1982 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1982 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1982 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1982 @ WIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1982 vs MNS L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1982 @ STL L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1982 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1982 @ CLR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1982 vs EDM L 3-7 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1982 vs BOS L 5-7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1982 vs TOR W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1982 @ TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1982 vs CGY L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1982 @ CHI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1982 vs EDM T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1982 vs WSH T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1982 vs CLR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1982 vs WIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1982 vs PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1982 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1982 @ CHI L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1982 @ CLR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1981 vs TOR L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1981 @ WIN T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 15 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1981 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1981 vs QUE L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1981 @ WIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1981 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1981 vs MNS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1981 vs PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1981 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1981 @ STL L 5-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1981 vs TOR L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1981 @ PIT L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1981 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1981 @ EDM L 4-8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1981 @ VAN L 3-8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1981 @ LAK L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1981 vs CHI W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1981 @ WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1981 @ CHI T 5-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1981 vs EDM L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1981 @ EDM L 4-8 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1981 vs WIN L 4-5 3 0 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1981 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1981 @ STL W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1981 vs VAN T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00