| Position: | Left wing |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Hartford Whalers |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Weight Lb: | 235 |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1974 |
| Career End: | 1982 |
William Bennett (born May 31, 1953) is an American former ice hockey left winger.
Bennett played 31 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Hartford Whalers between 1978 and 1980. After leaving the NHL, he played with the Wichita Wind, Hershey Bears, and Fort Wayne Komets.
Bennett's father, Harvey Bennett Sr., and two of his brothers (Curt Bennett and Harvey Bennett Jr. also played in the NHL.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1974–75 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Central Wisconsin Flyers | USHL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Columbus Owls | IHL | 70 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 131 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1976–77 | Rochester Americans | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1977–78 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 67 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1978–79 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 72 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 35 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Wichita Wind | CHL | 28 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 68 | ||
| 1981–82 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 184 | 64 | 75 | 139 | 257 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | ||||
| NHL totals | 31 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||