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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Red Berenson STL · 47 P in 72 GP Don Saleski PHI · 47 P in 78 GP Ross Lonsberry PHI · 47 P in 80 GP Bill Goldsworthy MNS · 46 P in 68 GP Dave Gardner CGS · 48 P in 74 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

1975-76 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 16 31 47 7 34 127 0 0.78 12.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1976 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1976 vs MNS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1976 @ NYI T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1976 @ WSH W 3-1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1976 @ DET L 0-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1976 @ CHI W 7-2 0 1 1 2 17 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1976 vs VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1976 vs PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1976 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1976 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1976 @ MNS W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1976 vs BOS W 9-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1976 @ NYR T 6-6 2 2 4 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1976 vs NYR W 8-3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1976 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1976 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1976 @ PIT T 3-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1976 @ TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1976 @ KCS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1976 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1976 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1976 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1976 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1976 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1976 vs CGS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1976 @ NYI T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1976 @ BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1976 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1976 @ CHI L 3-7 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1976 vs PHI W 8-4 1 4 5 4 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1976 vs BUF T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1976 @ PHI L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1976 @ MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1976 @ NYI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1976 vs STL L 3-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1976 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1976 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1976 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1976 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1976 @ KCS W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1976 vs STL W 7-1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1975 @ NYR W 8-1 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1975 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1975 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1975 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1975 vs PHI T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1975 @ BOS W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1975 vs NYR W 8-3 1 3 4 2 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1975 @ MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1975 vs KCS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1975 @ BUF W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1975 vs NYI T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1975 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1975 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1975 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1975 @ CGS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1975 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1975 @ STL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1975 vs LAK W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1975 vs STL T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00