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 1980-81 Scoring Log

Regular Season Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	28
Assists	36
Points	64
Games with Points	42 games

Points by Period
First	18
Second	18
Third	28
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	45
Power Play	18
Short-handed	1

Points by Opponent
HAR	7
TOR	6
WIN	6
PIT	5
NYR	4
VAN	4
NYI	4
WSH	4
BOS	4
QUE	3
LAK	3
DET	3
STL	2
MTL	2
EDM	2
CBH	2
BUF	1
MNS	1
PHI	1

Goals by Arena
Stampede Corral	18
Hartford Civic Center	3
Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1
Winnipeg Arena	1
Capital Centre	1
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1
The Forum	1
Chicago Stadium	1
Pacific Coliseum	1

Goals by Goalie
Mario Lessard	3
John Garrett	3
Glen Hanlon	2
Greg Millen	2
Mike Liut	2
Glenn Resch	2
Gary Bromley	1
Rogie Vachon	1
Denis Herron	1
Empty Net	1
Larry Lozinski	1
Tony Esposito	1
Rollie Boutin	1
Vincent Tremblay	1
Pierre Hamel	1
Don Edwards	1
Mike Palmateer	1
Lindsay Middlebrook	1
Jiří Crha	1
Don Beaupre	1

Goals by Assister
Kent Nilsson	11
Guy Chouinard	7
Bob MacMillan	6
Pekka Rautakallio	5
Paul Reinhart	5
Bob Murdoch	2
Willi Plett	2
Jim Peplinski	2
Bill Clement	2
Phil Russell	2
Randy Holt	2
Brad Marsh	1
Ken Houston	1

Assists by Scorer
Guy Chouinard	6
Kent Nilsson	6
Bob MacMillan	6
Willi Plett	5
Jim Peplinski	5
Ken Houston	2
Brad Smith	1
Pekka Rautakallio	1
Bob Murdoch	1
Phil Russell	1
Denis Cyr	1
Don Lever	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	1980-10-09	CGY		QUE	0-1	1	08:45	EV	Guy Chouinard	Paul Reinhart	Eric Vail	Michel Dion
2	1980-10-12	CGY	@	CBH	1-0	2	01:19	EV	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail		Tony Esposito
3	1980-10-14	CGY		LAK	1-1	2	14:01	EV	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard		Mario Lessard
4	1980-10-18	CGY		MNS	3-0	2	12:19	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Pekka Rautakallio	Don Beaupre
5	1980-10-23	CGY		TOR	0-3	2	01:40	PP	Brad Smith	Eric Vail	Pekka Rautakallio	Jiří Crha
6	1980-10-23	CGY		TOR	2-5	3	03:33	EV	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan		Jiří Crha
7	1980-10-23	CGY		TOR	3-5	3	19:46	EV	Willi Plett	Paul Reinhart	Eric Vail	Jiří Crha
8	1980-10-25	CGY	@	PIT	3-1	2	01:07	EV	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	Greg Millen
9	1980-10-25	CGY	@	PIT	5-2	3	14:54	PP	Eric Vail	Bob Murdoch	Kent Nilsson	Greg Millen
10	1980-10-30	CGY	@	BOS	2-1	3	12:14	EV	Pekka Rautakallio	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan	Rogie Vachon
11	1980-11-05	CGY	@	WIN	1-2	2	02:33	EV	Bob MacMillan	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Lindsay Middlebrook
12	1980-11-05	CGY	@	WIN	3-5	3	12:35	PP	Eric Vail	Pekka Rautakallio	Bob MacMillan	Lindsay Middlebrook
13	1980-11-08	CGY		STL	2-0	2	16:51	EV	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Bob Murdoch	Mike Liut
14	1980-11-08	CGY		STL	3-1	3	05:28	EV	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson		Mike Liut
15	1980-11-11	CGY		NYR	3-1	2	14:30	EV	Willi Plett	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Doug Soetaert
16	1980-11-11	CGY		NYR	4-1	3	01:15	EV	Bob Murdoch	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Doug Soetaert
17	1980-11-11	CGY		NYR	6-2	3	15:24	EV	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Doug Soetaert
18	1980-11-20	CGY	@	WSH	1-3	3	01:00	EV	Eric Vail	Brad Marsh		Mike Palmateer
19	1980-11-22	CGY	@	QUE	0-0	1	02:30	PP	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Pekka Rautakallio	Michel Plasse
20	1980-11-25	CGY	@	MTL	3-1	2	09:12	EV	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Denis Cyr	Michel Larocque
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
21	1980-11-27	CGY	@	BUF	1-4	3	08:37	PP	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Pekka Rautakallio	Don Edwards
22	1980-11-30	CGY	@	WIN	1-1	3	06:58	EV	Phil Russell	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Pierre Hamel
23	1980-11-30	CGY	@	WIN	3-1	3	18:18	EV	Denis Cyr	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Pierre Hamel
24	1980-12-04	CGY		WIN	0-0	1	16:06	PP	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan	Pekka Rautakallio	Pierre Hamel
25	1980-12-04	CGY		WIN	1-1	3	17:29	EV	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan	Pierre Hamel
26	1980-12-06	CGY		HAR	1-2	2	16:21	EV	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan	Paul Reinhart	John Garrett
27	1980-12-08	CGY	@	LAK	2-1	2	01:22	EV	Eric Vail	Jim Peplinski	Bob MacMillan	Mario Lessard
28	1980-12-13	CGY		NYI	1-2	2	10:30	EV	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Phil Russell	Glenn Resch
29	1980-12-20	CGY		PIT	2-2	3	07:43	EV	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Bob MacMillan	Greg Millen
30	1981-01-02	CGY		LAK	6-6	3	19:35	PP	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson		Mario Lessard
31	1981-01-04	CGY		TOR	1-0	1	04:50	EV	Eric Vail			Vincent Tremblay
32	1981-01-04	CGY		TOR	6-4	3	15:53	EV	Bob MacMillan	Eric Vail	Jim Peplinski	Vincent Tremblay
33	1981-01-08	CGY		WSH	0-0	1	00:19	EV	Eric Vail	Jim Peplinski	Randy Holt	Rollie Boutin
34	1981-01-08	CGY		WSH	2-0	1	17:06	SH	Don Lever	Eric Vail	Phil Russell	Rollie Boutin
35	1981-01-11	CGY	@	CBH	0-2	2	14:51	EV	Eric Vail	Bill Clement	Randy Holt	Tony Esposito
36	1981-01-13	CGY		NYR	3-2	3	08:00	EV	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Dan Bouchard	Doug Soetaert
37	1981-01-15	CGY		DET	1-0	1	03:23	EV	Bob MacMillan	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Gilles Gilbert
38	1981-01-15	CGY		DET	5-0	3	05:23	PP	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Kevin LaVallee	Larry Lozinski
39	1981-01-15	CGY		DET	6-0	3	06:48	PP	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Phil Russell	Larry Lozinski
40	1981-01-23	CGY	@	HAR	2-0	3	02:09	EV	Ken Houston	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	John Garrett
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
41	1981-01-23	CGY	@	HAR	3-2	3	19:57	EV	Eric Vail	Bill Clement		Empty Net
42	1981-01-24	CGY	@	PIT	2-1	2	00:55	EV	Ken Houston	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Nick Ricci
43	1981-01-29	CGY		MTL	1-0	1	08:22	PP	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Kent Nilsson	Denis Herron
44	1981-02-05	CGY		WSH	0-0	1	07:39	EV	Jim Peplinski	Eric Vail	Willi Plett	Dave Parro
45	1981-02-07	CGY		PIT	0-0	1	03:17	EV	Willi Plett	Jim Peplinski	Eric Vail	Greg Millen
46	1981-02-08	CGY	@	EDM	1-1	1	09:26	EV	Willi Plett	Jim Peplinski	Eric Vail	Eddie Mio
47	1981-02-12	CGY		QUE	3-3	3	10:24	EV	Jim Peplinski	Eric Vail	Ken Houston	Michel Plasse
48	1981-02-19	CGY		PHI	2-0	1	19:22	EV	Jim Peplinski	Eric Vail		Pete Peeters
49	1981-02-21	CGY		BOS	0-0	1	08:11	PP	Kent Nilsson	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Rogie Vachon
50	1981-02-21	CGY		BOS	4-2	2	13:21	EV	Jim Peplinski	Willi Plett	Eric Vail	Rogie Vachon
51	1981-02-21	CGY		BOS	5-2	3	04:56	EV	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	Willi Plett	Rogie Vachon
52	1981-02-22	CGY	@	VAN	3-2	3	12:29	PP	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Guy Chouinard	Glen Hanlon
53	1981-02-25	CGY		NYI	3-4	2	10:13	PP	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Guy Chouinard	Glenn Resch
54	1981-02-25	CGY		NYI	4-4	2	15:25	PP	Kent Nilsson	Paul Reinhart	Eric Vail	Glenn Resch
55	1981-02-25	CGY		NYI	9-4	3	16:52	EV	Jim Peplinski	Pekka Rautakallio	Eric Vail	Glenn Resch
56	1981-02-27	CGY		HAR	1-0	1	14:37	PP	Kent Nilsson	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	John Garrett
57	1981-03-07	CGY	@	TOR	5-4	3	18:05	EV	Bob MacMillan	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Jiří Crha
58	1981-03-08	CGY	@	HAR	0-1	1	06:23	PP	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	Guy Chouinard	John Garrett
59	1981-03-08	CGY	@	HAR	1-1	1	11:18	EV	Bob MacMillan	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	John Garrett
60	1981-03-08	CGY	@	HAR	4-4	3	08:48	EV	Eric Vail	Paul Reinhart	Ken Houston	John Garrett
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
61	1981-03-10	CGY		VAN	0-0	1	05:22	EV	Bob MacMillan	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Glen Hanlon
62	1981-03-10	CGY		VAN	5-2	2	11:41	PP	Eric Vail	Kent Nilsson	Paul Reinhart	Glen Hanlon
63	1981-03-10	CGY		VAN	10-2	3	16:59	EV	Eric Vail	Guy Chouinard	Pekka Rautakallio	Gary Bromley
64	1981-03-15	CGY		EDM	1-0	1	11:32	EV	Guy Chouinard	Eric Vail	Bob MacMillan	Eddie Mio