| Birth Date: | December 20, 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Poplar Point, Manitoba, Canada |
| Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | New York Rangers |
| Career Start: | 1942 |
| Career End: | 1951 |
John Linthwaite Bend (December 20, 1922 – April 6, 1978) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played eight games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1942–43 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1951, was mainly spent in the United States Hockey League. He was born in Poplar Point, Manitoba.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1939–40 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1940–41 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | 19 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1941–42 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | 17 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 1941–42 | Portage Terriers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 7 | ||
| 1942–43 | New York Rangers | NHL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1945–46 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 56 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1946–47 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL | 64 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1947–48 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 66 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 66 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1949–50 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 70 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Kansas City Royals | USHL | 39 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USHL totals | 297 | 100 | 121 | 221 | 128 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| NHL totals | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||