Bev Bentley

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1927–2023)}}

{{for|the American actress|Beverly Bentley}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name=Bev Bentley

| image = Bev Bentley 1947 (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 190px

| caption = Bentley in 1947

| played_for =Seattle Bombers
Saskatoon Quakers
Vancouver Canucks
New Westminster Royals
Victoria Cougars
Seattle Totems
San Francisco Seals

| position = Goaltender

| shoots=Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|6|8}}

| birth_place = Delisle, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|6|1927|6|8}}

| death_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| career_start = 1943

| career_end = 1967

}}

Beverly Mitchell Bentley (June 8, 1927 – October 6, 2023) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 618 games as a goalie in the Western Hockey League, playing with the Seattle Bombers, Saskatoon Quakers, Vancouver Canucks, New Westminster Royals, Victoria Cougars, Seattle Totems, and San Francisco Seals. He also played for the Knoxville Knights of the Eastern Hockey League.

Bentley was a nephew of former NHL players Reg, Doug and Max, and son of Roy Bentley.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpldzQdhpr8C&q=bev+bentley+hockey&pg=PT98|title=Ice Warriors: The Pacific Coast/Western Hockey League 1948-1974|isbn=9781927051047|last1=Stott|first1=Jon C.|date=15 April 2011}} Bentley died at a hospital in Saskatoon on October 6, 2023, at the age of 96.{{cite web|title=Beverly Mitchell Bentley Obituary|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saskatoon-sk/beverley-bentley-11487837|publisher=Mourning Glory – Acadia McKague's Funeral Chapel|access-date=October 10, 2023}}