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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Young MNS · 58 P in 78 GP Rejean Houle MTL · 58 P in 76 GP Guy Chouinard AFM · 58 P in 73 GP Bobby Nystrom NYI · 59 P in 80 GP Stan Mikita CHI · 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

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 22 36 58 2 16 178 0 0.73 12.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 1978 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1978 vs PHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1978 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 vs NYR W 6-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1978 vs TOR W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs BOS W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1978 vs STL W 5-3 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1978 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1978 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1978 @ STL W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1978 @ CLR T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1978 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1978 vs VAN W 8-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1978 @ PHI L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1978 vs CLE W 9-3 0 4 4 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1978 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1978 vs BUF L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 vs NYI T 3-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 @ NYI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1978 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1978 @ CLE T 5-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1978 @ CHI T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1978 @ CLR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1978 @ VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 vs CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1978 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1978 vs MNS W 7-4 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1978 @ CLE W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs TOR L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1978 @ MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1978 vs NYR W 5-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1978 @ PHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 vs LAK L 4-8 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1978 vs CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1978 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1978 vs PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1978 @ BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1977 @ TOR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1977 vs STL W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1977 vs CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1977 @ CLR W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1977 @ VAN T 2-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1977 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs PHI L 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1977 vs CLE L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1977 @ PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 vs WSH W 5-1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1977 vs VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1977 @ MTL T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1977 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1977 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 vs LAK T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1977 vs MNS W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1977 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1977 vs DET W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1977 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1977 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs BOS L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1977 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1977 @ CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1977 vs PIT W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1977 @ MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1977 @ NYI L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 vs WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1977 @ STL T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1977 vs NYI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 vs MNS W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1977 @ BOS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00