After going 2-0-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and .932 save percentage, including a 25-save effort in a 3-2 victory over No. 2 St. Cloud State, Northeastern men's hockey sophomore goaltenderhas been named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week.The Voorhees, N.J. native backstopped the Huskies to a big weekend that began with a road contest at UMass Lowell on Friday night. There, Primeau steered aside 16 of 17 shots in a 4-1 victory to give Northeastern a win in its conference opener for the second straight season.The Huskies carried that momentum into Saturday's game against the second ranked team in the nation, where Primeau was immense yet again. In front of a raucous crowd of 3,835, Primeau and the Huskies erased a 2-0 deficit to come back and top SCSU, 3-2. Primeau made 25 saves, including 12 in the third period to preserve the lead, to earn the second star of the game.This is the second time this season that Primeau took home the conference's Defensive Player of the Week honor, the first coming after a 2-0-0 opening weekend at Sacred Heart. Overall, Primeau is 4-2-0 on the young season with a 2.00 goals against average and .923 save percentage, including one shutout.Primeau and the Howlin' Huskies are back in action on Thursday night when Northeastern hosts Boston University at 7 p.m. from Matthews Arena. Tickets are available by visiting tickets.GoNU.com, and the game will also be televised on NESN.