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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 1974-75. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lowell MacDonald PIT · 60 P in 72 GP Juha Widing LAK · 60 P in 80 GP Butch Goring LAK · 60 P in 60 GP Fred Stanfield BUF · 59 P in 72 GP Pete Stemkowski NYR · 59 P in 77 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

1974-75 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 39 21 60 1 46 177 0 0.83 22.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1975 @ PHI L 2-6 2 0 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1975 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1975 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1975 @ NYI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1975 vs NYI T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1975 vs BUF W 3-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1975 vs DET W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1975 @ WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1975 vs VAN W 12-4 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1975 vs TOR W 8-7 1 2 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1975 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1975 vs NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1975 vs MNS W 9-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1975 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1975 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1975 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1975 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1975 vs KCS W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1975 vs CHI L 3-4 2 0 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1975 vs PHI W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1975 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1975 @ DET L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1975 @ MNS W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1975 @ VAN T 3-3 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1975 @ LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1975 vs MNS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1975 vs LAK W 3-1 2 0 2 3 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1975 vs BOS T 3-3 1 1 2 1 10 5 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1975 @ MNS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1975 vs STL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1975 @ KCS T 4-4 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1975 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1975 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1975 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1975 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1975 vs LAK W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1975 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1975 @ NYI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1975 vs PIT T 3-3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1975 vs CGS W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1975 vs WSH W 3-0 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1975 @ STL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1975 vs MTL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1974 @ LAK L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1974 @ VAN L 5-7 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1974 @ CGS L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1974 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 15 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1974 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1974 vs KCS W 4-2 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1974 @ PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1974 vs BUF T 4-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1974 @ KCS W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1974 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1974 vs PHI T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1974 vs WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1974 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1974 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1974 vs CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1974 vs NYI W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1974 @ STL L 0-9 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1974 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1974 vs CGS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1974 @ NYR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1974 vs MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1974 vs DET W 10-1 3 1 4 2 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1974 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1974 vs PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1974 vs KCS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1974 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1974 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1974 @ CGS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1974 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00