Eric Vail

Full Name: Eric Douglas Vail

(Big Train)

Position: LW • Shoots: Left

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: September 16, 1953 in Timmins, Ontario ca

Draft: Atlanta, 2nd round (21st overall), 1973 NHL Amateur

Amateur Teams: Niagara Falls Flyers, Sudbury Wolves

1974-75 Calder

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Eric Vail 1976-77 Scoring Log

Regular Season Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	32
Assists	39
Points	71
Games with Points	48 games

Points by Period
First	21
Second	28
Third	22
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	50
Power Play	19
Short-handed	2

Points by Opponent
CBH	10
PHI	7
NYR	7
WSH	6
CLR	6
BUF	5
MNS	5
PIT	5
VAN	4
STL	4
NYI	4
LAK	3
TOR	3
BOS	1
MTL	1

Goals by Arena
Omni Coliseum	23
Metropolitan Sports Center	3
The Spectrum	2
McNichols Sports Arena	1
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1
Chicago Stadium	1
The Forum	1

Goals by Goalie
Bernie Parent	6
Tony Esposito	3
Pete LoPresti	2
Michel Plasse	2
Ron Low	2
Rogie Vachon	2
Dunc Wilson	2
John Davidson	2
Wayne Stephenson	1
Ken Dryden	1
Gerry Desjardins	1
Gary Smith	1
Gilles Gratton	1
Billy Smith	1
Doug Favell	1
Michel Dumas	1
Gilles Gilbert	1
Eddie Johnston	1
Mike Palmateer	1

Goals by Assister
Tom Lysiak	16
Willi Plett	11
Guy Chouinard	9
Richard Mulhern	7
Ed Kea	3
Barry Gibbs	2
Pat Quinn	2
Bill Clement	2
Randy Manery	2
John Gould	2
Ken Houston	1
Bill Flett	1
Dave Shand	1

Assists by Scorer
Willi Plett	15
Tom Lysiak	13
Richard Mulhern	3
Randy Manery	2
Hilliard Graves	1
Guy Chouinard	1
Ed Kea	1
Bill Clement	1
Ken Houston	1
John Gould	1

Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
1	1976-10-05	ATF	@	WSH	2-2	2	13:52	EV	Hilliard Graves	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Bernie Wolfe
2	1976-10-07	ATF		LAK	0-0	2	00:46	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Ken Houston	Rogie Vachon
3	1976-10-07	ATF		LAK	3-0	2	15:26	EV	Eric Vail	Ken Houston	Tom Lysiak	Rogie Vachon
4	1976-10-09	ATF		PHI	2-1	2	04:22	EV	Eric Vail	Barry Gibbs	Tom Lysiak	Bernie Parent
5	1976-10-17	ATF	@	BUF	5-3	2	10:20	EV	Randy Manery	Hilliard Graves	Eric Vail	Bob Sauvé
6	1976-10-20	ATF	@	MNS	1-4	3	09:55	PP	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern		Pete LoPresti
7	1976-10-20	ATF	@	MNS	2-4	3	13:48	EV	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	Tom Lysiak	Pete LoPresti
8	1976-10-22	ATF		VAN	2-5	3	08:34	PP	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Hilliard Graves	Curt Ridley
9	1976-10-24	ATF	@	PIT	0-2	2	07:22	EV	Richard Mulhern	Eric Vail	Hilliard Graves	Dunc Wilson
10	1976-10-24	ATF	@	PIT	1-2	2	11:36	EV	Tom Lysiak	Barry Gibbs	Eric Vail	Dunc Wilson
11	1976-10-27	ATF	@	CLR	0-0	1	04:45	EV	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Ed Kea	Michel Plasse
12	1976-11-03	ATF		WSH	3-0	3	04:41	EV	Tom Lysiak	Larry Carriere	Eric Vail	Ron Low
13	1976-11-03	ATF		WSH	5-0	3	14:52	PP	Eric Vail	Bill Flett	Guy Chouinard	Ron Low
14	1976-11-03	ATF		WSH	6-0	3	18:10	SH	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Richard Mulhern	Ron Low
15	1976-11-05	ATF		TOR	1-3	2	12:16	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Richard Mulhern	Mike Palmateer
16	1976-11-13	ATF	@	STL	0-1	1	17:49	EV	Randy Manery	Eric Vail		Ed Staniowski
17	1976-11-13	ATF	@	STL	4-3	3	16:16	PP	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Ed Staniowski
18	1976-11-17	ATF		CLR	1-2	2	00:36	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail		Michel Plasse
19	1976-11-17	ATF		CLR	3-2	2	05:03	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Michel Plasse
20	1976-11-17	ATF		CLR	5-2	2	17:21	EV	Eric Vail	Willi Plett		Michel Plasse
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
21	1976-11-19	ATF		CBH	0-0	1	14:40	EV	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	Willi Plett	Tony Esposito
22	1976-11-19	ATF		CBH	4-2	2	15:06	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail		Tony Esposito
23	1976-11-21	ATF	@	PHI	2-6	3	10:37	EV	Eric Vail	Willi Plett		Bernie Parent
24	1976-11-24	ATF		WSH	3-1	2	18:37	PP	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	Bernie Wolfe
25	1976-11-26	ATF		STL	0-1	1	13:43	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Willi Plett	Eddie Johnston
26	1976-11-30	ATF		NYR	1-1	2	08:05	EV	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Dave Shand	John Davidson
27	1976-12-03	ATF		BOS	2-1	3	13:00	EV	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Richard Mulhern	Gilles Gilbert
28	1976-12-10	ATF		MNS	0-0	1	11:25	EV	Tom Lysiak	Richard Mulhern	Eric Vail	Pete LoPresti
29	1976-12-11	ATF		CBH	0-0	2	05:07	EV	Ed Kea	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Michel Dumas
30	1976-12-11	ATF		CBH	1-0	2	18:30	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Barry Gibbs	Michel Dumas
31	1976-12-11	ATF		CBH	2-1	3	03:37	EV	Eric Vail	Pat Quinn	Tom Lysiak	Michel Dumas
32	1976-12-17	ATF		NYI	1-4	3	17:51	PP	Bill Clement	Barry Gibbs	Eric Vail	Billy Smith
33	1976-12-27	ATF		CLR	0-0	1	08:55	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	Doug Favell
34	1976-12-27	ATF		CLR	2-0	2	01:08	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Bill Clement	Doug Favell
35	1976-12-29	ATF		BUF	0-1	1	18:05	EV	Richard Mulhern	Barry Gibbs	Eric Vail	Gerry Desjardins
36	1976-12-29	ATF		BUF	1-2	2	16:59	EV	Tom Lysiak	John Gould	Eric Vail	Gerry Desjardins
37	1977-01-05	ATF		VAN	1-0	1	14:11	PP	Richard Mulhern	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Cesare Maniago
38	1977-01-05	ATF		VAN	3-1	3	12:03	PP	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Cesare Maniago
39	1977-01-07	ATF		NYI	0-0	1	03:43	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	Billy Smith
40	1977-01-07	ATF		NYI	1-2	2	12:42	EV	Eric Vail	Ed Kea	Tom Lysiak	Billy Smith
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
41	1977-01-08	ATF	@	NYI	2-3	2	16:46	EV	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Glenn Resch
42	1977-01-12	ATF		NYR	1-0	1	09:30	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Willi Plett	Gilles Gratton
43	1977-01-12	ATF		NYR	5-1	3	04:29	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail		Doug Soetaert
44	1977-01-16	ATF	@	PIT	5-5	3	07:39	EV	Willi Plett	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Dunc Wilson
45	1977-01-20	ATF	@	MNS	1-2	1	16:54	PP	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Gary Smith
46	1977-01-22	ATF		PHI	0-1	1	18:34	PP	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Willi Plett	Bernie Parent
47	1977-01-22	ATF		PHI	2-2	2	18:53	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard		Bernie Parent
48	1977-01-22	ATF		PHI	3-3	3	10:16	EV	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Richard Mulhern	Bernie Parent
49	1977-01-27	ATF	@	BUF	0-0	1	02:02	PP	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Guy Chouinard	Gerry Desjardins
50	1977-01-31	ATF		TOR	2-2	2	13:34	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Mike Palmateer
51	1977-02-02	ATF	@	CBH	1-3	3	11:26	EV	Willi Plett	Randy Manery	Eric Vail	Tony Esposito
52	1977-02-12	ATF	@	STL	0-1	2	01:50	EV	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Yves Bélanger
53	1977-02-13	ATF	@	CBH	0-2	2	19:16	EV	Eric Vail	Ed Kea	Guy Chouinard	Tony Esposito
54	1977-02-17	ATF	@	LAK	0-0	1	00:56	EV	Eric Vail	Bill Clement		Rogie Vachon
55	1977-02-19	ATF	@	VAN	0-4	3	18:46	SH	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Pat Quinn	Cesare Maniago
56	1977-02-23	ATF		MTL	1-1	2	03:14	EV	Eric Vail	Randy Manery	Tom Lysiak	Ken Dryden
57	1977-02-25	ATF		MNS	3-2	3	06:35	EV	Willi Plett	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Gary Smith
58	1977-03-06	ATF	@	WSH	1-2	3	00:39	EV	Ken Houston	Eric Vail	Bill Clement	Bernie Wolfe
59	1977-03-12	ATF		NYR	3-3	3	06:14	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Richard Mulhern	John Davidson
60	1977-03-12	ATF		NYR	5-3	3	14:16	EV	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Barry Gibbs	John Davidson
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
61	1977-03-15	ATF		PIT	0-0	1	00:42	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	John Gould	Dunc Wilson
62	1977-03-15	ATF		PIT	1-0	1	07:18	PP	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	John Gould	Dunc Wilson
63	1977-03-17	ATF	@	PHI	1-1	2	00:26	EV	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Randy Manery	Wayne Stephenson
64	1977-03-19	ATF	@	TOR	2-0	2	08:20	PP	John Gould	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Mike Palmateer
65	1977-03-22	ATF		BUF	1-3	2	14:35	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Bob Sauvé
66	1977-03-30	ATF	@	NYR	1-1	1	06:34	EV	Tom Lysiak	Eric Vail	Ed Kea	Gilles Gratton
67	1977-03-30	ATF	@	NYR	2-3	3	05:39	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail		Gilles Gratton
68	1977-04-01	ATF		CBH	0-0	1	01:14	EV	Tom Lysiak	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Tony Esposito
69	1977-04-01	ATF		CBH	3-1	1	14:48	EV	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Willi Plett	Tony Esposito
70	1977-04-01	ATF		CBH	4-1	1	17:51	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Tom Lysiak	Tony Esposito
71	1977-04-03	ATF		PHI	0-0	1	05:09	EV	Eric Vail	Pat Quinn	Tom Lysiak	Bernie Parent

Playoffs Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	1
Assists	3
Points	4
Games with Points	3 games

Points by Period
First	1
Second	2
Third	1
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	2
Power Play	2
Short-handed	0

Points by Opponent
LAK	4

Goals by Arena
Omni Coliseum	1

Goals by Goalie
Rogie Vachon	1

Goals by Assister
Tom Lysiak	1
Ed Kea	1

Assists by Scorer
Guy Chouinard	1
Willi Plett	1
Tom Lysiak	1

Playoffs

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