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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Yvon Lambert MTL · 53 P in 77 GP Dave Williams VAN · 53 P in 78 GP John Anderson TOR · 53 P in 74 GP Michel Goulet QUE · 54 P in 78 GP Anders Kallur NYI · 52 P in 76 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

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 28 25 53 5 22 193 0 0.69 14.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1980 vs NYI L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1980 @ NYR W 7-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1980 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1980 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1980 vs EDM L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1980 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1980 vs STL W 8-4 2 1 3 3 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1980 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1980 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1980 vs PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1980 vs LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1980 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1980 @ WIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1980 @ VAN W 9-3 1 3 4 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ LAK W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1980 vs MTL T 3-3 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1980 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1980 vs MNS T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1980 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1980 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1980 @ CLR W 6-1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs HFD W 5-3 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1980 vs WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ QUE W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1980 @ HFD L 1-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1980 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1980 @ CLR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1980 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1980 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1980 @ BOS L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1980 vs QUE W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1980 vs WIN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1980 @ NYR T 5-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1979 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1979 vs BOS L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 @ STL W 7-3 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1979 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ TOR L 1-8 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1979 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1979 @ EDM T 5-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1979 @ WIN W 5-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1979 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1979 @ BUF L 1-6 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1979 vs LAK L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1979 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1979 @ HFD L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1979 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1979 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1979 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1979 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1979 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1979 vs NYI W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1979 vs WIN W 8-0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1979 vs QUE T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1979 vs CLR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1979 vs EDM W 7-3 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1979 vs MTL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1979 @ PHI L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1979 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 2 1 3 4 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1979 @ QUE W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00