Marc-Andre Gragnani, Etienne Brodeur and Gustav Nyquist have been named Maine Hockey Journal’s Three Stars of the Week for the week ending Oct. 31.

Gragnani, a defenseman for the Portland Pirates, had a productive weekend he helped the Pirates finished the weekend with a 2-0-0 record.

After missing the first two weeks of the season because of a knee injury, Gragnani has appeared in seven games, scoring five points, which includes his first three goals of the season this past weekend.

On Friday, Gragnani tallied two goals to help Portland defeat the Norfolk Admirals, 6-5 in a shootout.

Gragnani scored the overtime winner on Saturday as the Pirates came from behind in a thrilling 7-6 victory in Norfolk, VA.

Lewiston Maineiacs forward Etienne Brodeur is no stranger to the MHJ’s Three Stars of the Week.

Brodeur scored two goals, one assist with a plus-3 rating in games against Rimouski and Drummondville.

The Varennes, QC native scored his league leading 14th goal of the season in 4-2 win on Wednesday night against the Rimouski Oceanic.

Brodeur followed that with a two-point night (1G 1A) on Friday as the Maineiacs defeated the Drummondville Voltigeurs, 5-4. It was the first time since 2007-’08; the Maineiacs have defeated Drummondville in game action.

In 20 games this season, Brodeur has 15 goals, six assists for 21 points with a plus-6 rating, and is this week’s No. 2 star

Maine’s Gustav Nyquist is this week’s No. 3 star after playing a role in the Black Bears 3-2 OT win over the Univ. of Vermont.

Nyquist calculated in every goal by the Black Bears has they keep their winning ways and they improved to 4-1-2 on the season.

The Malmo, SWE native is second in team scoring with two goals, 10 assists for 12 points.

Honorable Mention:
Portland Pirates:
Travis Turnbull – 2GP 1G 3A 4pts +2
Mark Mancari – 2GP 2G 2A 4pts +3
Derek Whitmore – 2GP 2G 1A 3pts +1
Luke Adam – 1GP 1G 2A 3pts +2
Colin Stuart – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts +2
Paul Byron – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts +2
Drew Schiestel – 2GP 2G 0A 2pts +3

Lewiston Maineiacs:
Pierre-Olivier Morin – 2GP 0G 2A 2pts
Michael Chaput – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts
Antoine Houde-Caron – 2GP 0G 2A 2pts
Stefan Fournier – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts
Jess Tanguy – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts

Maine Black Bears:
Spencer Abbott – 1GP 1G 1A 2pts +1

Portland Jr. Pirates:
MJHL:
Brendan Garvey – 2GP 2G 0A 2pts
Jade Johnston – 2GP 1G 1A 2pts