Dean Portman is a fictional hockey player from Chicago, Illinois. He is an enforcer and wears number 21. Dean first appears in D2: The Mighty Ducks as part of the Team USA (Junior Goodwill Games) team. He is the team's heavy enforcer that gives the Ducks a physical presence on the ice. He is close friends with fellow enforcer Fulton Reed and one half of the "Bash Brothers." Like Fulton, he dons a bandanna around his forehead, which is worn under his hockey helmet and shares a love for metal music with the other Bash Brother. He is present in the beginning of D3: The Mighty Ducks to accept the scholarships from Eden Hall but chooses to not attend Eden Hall. (This news is relayed to Charlie by Fulton who suggests that Portman may have decided to not accept the scholarship because Coach Bomba