| Birth Date: | 15 January 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Winnipeg Jets |
| Draft: | 98th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
| Career Start: | 1979 |
| Career End: | 1983 |
John Charles Bethel (born January 15, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the original Winnipeg Jets.
Bethel was born in Montreal, Quebec. He played three seasons at Boston University from 1976 to 1979,[1] where in 1977-78 he was second in team scoring to Mike Fidler with 63 points.[2] Bethel was drafted by the New York Rangers in the sixth round of the 1977 NHL amateur draft, but never signed with the Rangers.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1974–75 | Pierrefonds Pirates | QJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Pierrefonds Pirates | QHJL | 15 | 17 | 21 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Boston University | ECAC | 33 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Boston University | ECAC | 30 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Boston University | ECAC | 19 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 45 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 58 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 74 | 19 | 51 | 70 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Sherbrooke Jets | AHL | 63 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||