SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse women's ice hockey team begins the season at Colgate on Wednesday, October 1. In the days leading up to the first contest, learn more about the team on suathletics.com.
Freshman
Kelly Dimmen, a 5'6'' defenseman, comes to Syracuse from Colorado Springs, Co. In high school, Dimmen was a team captain for the boys' varsity hockey team at Doherty H.S. She was also a U.S. National Development Camp participant in 2006-07 .
The Orange will play 13 home games in 2008-09. The majority of SU's home contests will be held at the Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion, but the Orange will be featured at the Onondaga County War Memorial in downtown Syracuse on Friday, Nov. 14 in a CHA contest against Mercyhurst and a Friday, Feb. 20 tilt with St. Anselm's. The remaining 17 games will be on the road.
The Orange will be part of the College Hockey America (CHA) league, which was founded in 1999. The league includes Mercyhurst, Niagara, Robert Morris and Wayne State. SU will play each of the four conference opponents four times this season.
Learn more about the Hamilton, Ontario native who is enrolled in the arts and sciences department in today's edition of Meet the 'Original Orange'.
Learn more about the economics major in today's edition of 'Meet the Original Orange'.
What is your attitude and outlook for Syracuse's first season ever?
I want to pull off some upsets and make this place a top program.
What is your favorite spot on SU's campus? The Dome, we should flood it and play there!
You'd never guess this about me… I was on the cover of American Hockey Magazine.
I choose SU because… It's an opportunity to be a part of something new and exciting, and because of the large amount of academic options at a respected university.
My favorite hockey player is… My brother, Jeff. (Dimmen's older brother, Jeff, plays hockey at the University of Maine)
What is your ideal pre-game meal? Pancakes!
You'll hear this playing on my "pre-game pump up" list…
"Heart of a Champion" by Nelly.
What is your fondest hockey experience? Scoring the first goal of the season as a freshman on my high school boys' team.