Art Chapman

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.

Hockey career

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.

1937 All-Star Game 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)

Awards and achievements Allan Cup Championship (1926) NHL second All-Star team (1936–37) "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame Calder Cup Champion As Head Coach with the Buffalo Bisons (AHL) (1943–44) Lester Patrick Cup Champion As Head Coach with the Vancouver Canucks (WHL) (1957–58)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts 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

Coaching career Season Team League Regular season Postseason 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