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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1922–1987)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Poplar Point, Manitoba|Poplar Point]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|4|6|1922|12|20}}
| death_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 165
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| shoots = Left
| played_for = [[New York Rangers]]
| career_start = 1942
| career_end = 1951
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'''John Linthwaite Bend''' (December 20, 1922 – April 6, 1978) was a Canadian [[ice hockey]] [[centre (ice hockey)|centre]] who played eight games in the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[New York Rangers]] during the [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43 season]]. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1951, was mainly spent in the [[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|United States Hockey League]]. He was born in [[Poplar Point, Manitoba]].

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1939–40 MJHL season|1939–40]]
| [[Portage Terriers]]
| [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1940–41 MJHL season|1940–41]]
| Portage Terriers
| MJHL
| 19 || 16 || 15 || 31 || 10
| 6 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 2
|-
| [[1941–42 MJHL season|1941–42]]
| Portage Terriers
| MJHL
| 17 || 27 || 31 || 58 || 24
| 5 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1942 Memorial Cup|1941–42]]
| Portage Terriers
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 10 || 13 || 8 || 21 || 7
|-
| [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1942–43
| Winnipeg Army Grenades
| WNDHL
| 7 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1944–45
| Winnipeg Army Grenades
| WNDHL
| 16 || 16 || 14 || 30 || 17
| 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1945–46 USHL season|1945–46]]
| [[St. Paul Saints (USHL)|St. Paul Saints]]
| [[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|USHL]]
| 56 || 18 || 25 || 43 || 25
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4
|-
| [[1946–47 AHL season|1946–47]]
| [[New Haven Ramblers]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 64 || 18 || 25 || 43 || 25
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1947–48 USHL season|1947–48]]
| St. Paul Saints
| USHL
| 66 || 22 || 27 || 49 || 25
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1948–49 USHL season|1948–49]]
| St. Paul Saints
| USHL
| 66 || 29 || 35 || 64 || 20
| 7 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1949–50 USHL season|1949–50]]
| St. Paul Saints
| USHL
| 70 || 21 || 23 || 44 || 34
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|-
| [[1950–51 USHL season|1950–51]]
| [[Kansas City Royals (USHL)|Kansas City Royals]]
| USHL
| 39 || 10 || 11 || 21 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | USHL totals
! 297 !! 100 !! 121 !! 221 !! 128
! 16 !! 5 !! 6 !! 11 !! 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 8 !! 3 !! 1 !! 4 !! 2
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

==Awards and achievements==
*Turnbull Cup ([[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]) Championship (1942)
*[[Memorial Cup]] Championship (1942)
*MJHL First All-Star Team (1942)
*MJHL Scoring Champion (1942)
*Paul W. Loudon ([[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|USHL]]) Championship (1949)
*Honoured Member of the [[Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]]

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats}}
*{{Find a Grave|11229363}}

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[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:1978 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey centres]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Manitoba]]
[[Category:Kansas City Royals (USHL) players]]
[[Category:New Haven Ramblers players]]
[[Category:New York Rangers players]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]
[[Category:Portage Terriers players]]
[[Category:St. Paul Saints (USHL) players]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]


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