Giving the Youngstown Phantoms some production from the blue line in two dramatic wins, Dan Renouf was named the United States Hockey League’s CCM Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon.

Renouf, 18, scored a pair of game-winning goals and accumulated a plus-5 rating as the Phantoms defeated the Omaha Lancers Friday and Des Moines Buccaneers Saturday to go to 2-0-0 on the young season. This is the first time that Renouf, a Maine commit, has collected the USHL’s weekly honor.

“It’s an honor, not just for Dan, but for the team and all of our defensemen,” head coach Anthony Noreen said. “Danny came back with the expectation from both sides of being in a much bigger role – still being responsible defensively, but also contributing and being productive offensively – and he was rewarded with a good first weekend.”

The two goals over the weekend eclipsed Renouf’s rookie campaign total in 2011-12. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound defensemen recorded 1-14-15 in 58 games last season, with 10 of his points coming over his final 20 games.

The Phantoms hit the road this week, facing the defending Western Conference campion Waterloo Black Hawks on Friday and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders on Saturday.