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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vic Venasky LAK · 11 P in 32 GP Blaine Stoughton PIT · 11 P in 34 GP Fred O'Donnell BOS · 12 P in 45 GP Bob Neely TOR · 12 P in 54 GP Bryan McSheffrey VAN · 12 P in 54 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

1973-74 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 2 9 11 2 30 44 0 0.48 4.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 31, 1974 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1974 vs MNS W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1974 vs PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1974 vs NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1974 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1974 vs NYR T 5-5 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1974 @ MNS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1974 @ BUF T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1974 @ STL L 1-7 1 0 1 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1974 @ TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 7 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1974 @ MTL W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1974 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1974 vs LAK L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1974 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1974 @ CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1974 vs PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1974 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1974 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1973 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1973 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1973 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1973 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1973 @ STL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00