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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Smith BUF · 64 P in 69 GP Mike Allison NYR · 64 P in 75 GP Anders Kallur NYI · 64 P in 78 GP Peter Lee PIT · 64 P in 80 GP Mark Messier EDM · 63 P in 73 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

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 28 36 64 8 23 164 0 1.00 17.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 15, 1981 vs EDM T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1981 vs MNS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1981 vs VAN W 11-2 2 1 3 4 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1981 @ HFD W 5-4 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1981 @ TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1981 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1981 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1981 vs HFD W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1981 vs NYI W 11-4 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1981 @ VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 vs BOS W 7-2 1 2 3 2 0 8 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1981 vs PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1981 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 vs BUF T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs QUE W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1981 @ EDM W 10-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1981 vs PIT W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1981 vs WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1981 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 vs CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1981 vs MTL T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1981 @ MNS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 @ PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1981 @ HFD W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1981 @ NYI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1981 vs DET W 10-0 1 2 3 1 5 3 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1981 vs NYR T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1981 @ CHI L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1981 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1981 vs WSH W 6-0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1981 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1981 vs TOR W 8-5 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1981 vs LAK W 7-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1980 @ NYI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1980 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 vs PIT T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1980 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 vs NYI T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1980 vs BUF W 8-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1980 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 vs HFD L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1980 vs WIN W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1980 @ WIN W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 @ STL L 3-9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 @ BUF L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1980 @ MTL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1980 @ QUE T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1980 @ WSH L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1980 vs NYR W 7-3 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 vs STL W 4-2 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1980 @ WIN T 5-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1980 @ MNS L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1980 @ BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1980 @ PHI L 0-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 @ PIT W 8-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1980 vs TOR L 4-5 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1980 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 vs MNS W 6-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1980 vs LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 @ CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1980 @ CLR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1980 vs QUE T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00