Jeff Dimmen

Classroom

Jeff Dimmen has excelled in the classroom while at the University of Maine. He has a 3.82 GPA, majoring in finance. Dimmen has been named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner the past three seasons and has also earned a spot in the Hockey East Academic Honor Roll all three seasons. In the spring of 2010, Dimmen was named the recipient of the Dale Lick Academic Achievement Award, for having the highest grade point average on the team. He has also been named to the Dean’s List in each of his three seasons with the Black Bears.

Character

Dimmen is also a student-athlete of high character. He will serve as an assistant captain of the Black Bears for the second year in a row. It is rare that a Maine hockey player serves as a captain or assistant captain two years in a row.

Community

Dimmen participates in numerous community service activities with the Maine hockey team. Each year the team will host a Skate with the Bears, where area youth will come and skate with the Maine team. Dimmen also participates in the annual sled hockey games, where Maine will play games against a local sled hockey team made up of paraplegics. He also participates in youth clinics, teaching hockey to youth throughout the state of Maine.

Competition

Dimmen has been one of Maine’s top defensemen the past few years. He earned a spot on the 2010 Hockey East Second Team. He has seen action in 106 career games for Maine, having scored 20 goals and added 31 assists for 51 points. Dimmen notched 12 goals and 18 assists last season for 30 points. His 12 goals were one shy of tying the Maine scored record for goals in a season by a defenseman. He ranked 11th in the nation in points per game by a defenseman. He had a five-game goal scoring streak and a 10-game point streak during the season. Dimmen earned the 2010 Shawn Walsh Defensive Player of the Year award at the annual team banquet, named in honor of the late Maine head coach.