| Played For: | Boston Bruins New York Americans |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Birth Date: | May 29, 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1927 |
| Career End: | 1944 |
John Arthur Chapman (May 29, 1905 – December 31, 1962) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Chapman started his National Hockey League career with the Boston Bruins in 1930. He would also play for the New York Americans, retiring after the 1940 season to take up coaching duties for the team. In 1936–37, he was a member of the NHL All-Star team.
Chapman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and played his first hockey with the Winnipeg Seniors in 1924. In 1925 Chapman joined the Port Arthur Bearcats and helped them win the Allan Cup in 1926. He turned pro with the Springfield Indians of the Canadian-American League in 1927, and was sold to the Boston Bruins in 1928. In 1933 Chapman joined the New York Americans in 1933.
Chapman retired from playing hockey after the 1939–40 season, and went on to serve as head coach of the New York Americans from 1940 to 1942, the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League from 1943 to 1945, and the Vancouver Canucks of the WHL from 1957 to 1958. He became General Manager of the Dunn-Edwards Western Show Corporation and promoted shows in Long Beach, California, for the Long Beach area.
Chapman played on the first line with Lorne Carr. In 1935–36 with Art leading in assist and rookie Dave "Sweeney" Schriner with the most goals, went on to do the same in the 1936-37 season. Both Art and Sweeny played in the second All-Star game in NHL history in 1937 (NHL.com)
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1922–23 | University of Manitoba | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Winnipeg Tigers | WJrHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Winnipeg Tigers | MHL-Sr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | Port Arthur Ports | TBSHL | 19 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1925–26 | Port Arthur Ports | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1926–27 | Port Arthur Ports | TBSHL | 20 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1927–28 | Springfield Indians | Can-Am | 39 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1928–29 | Providence Reds | Can-Am | 39 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1929–30 | Providence Reds | Can-Am | 39 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1930–31 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1931–32 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 48 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 46 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1933–34 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | New York Americans | NHL | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | New York Americans | NHL | 47 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | New York Americans | NHL | 48 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1936–37 | New York Americans | NHL | 43 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1937–38 | New York Americans | NHL | 45 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39 | New York Americans | NHL | 45 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1939–40 | New York Americans | NHL | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1942–43 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 45 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 438 | 62 | 176 | 238 | 140 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| Season | Team | League | Post season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | Pct | Division rank | Result | |||
| 1940–41 | New York Americans | NHL | 48 | 8 | 29 | 11 | .281 | 7th overall | Did not quality |
| 1941–42 | Brooklyn Americans | NHL | 48 | 16 | 29 | 3 | .365 | 7th overall | Did not qualify |