This past holiday weekend saw seismic shifts in the CCHA’s tectonic plates this weekend, both at the top and bottom of the standings.

This week in CCHA RinkRap, the mythology of A.J. Vanderbeck continues with a game-winner in Mankato, and Ryland Mosley extends a supremely rare statistic.

Starting around 8:30 Saturday night, the St. Thomas Tommies took center stage for the CCHA, as all the other league games had been completed. Fans of college hockey tuned in for a coronation of sorts—the Tommies first win against a contender—as Rico Blasi’s charges were leading Bowling Green 2-1 at the start of the third period.

This week in CCHA RinkRap, Bowling Green goaltender Christian Stoever, backed by a strong and supportive family, turns in an incredible performance against Michigan Tech.

The fattest month of the college season—Hoctober—has come and gone, and its final weekend was an absolute cornucopia of historic highlights for the CCHA: Five non-conference wins including Bemidji’s slaying of No. 2 St. Cloud, a half-dozen career-first goals, a milestone win and a 972-day scoring drought broken. Let’s break it down.

The Minnesota State Mavericks played a gripping home-and-home test with the vaunted Golden Gophers, a stirring in St. Paul sends tremors through the CCHA and Northern Michigan embraces the road life.

CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. – After a deluge of games on Days 1 and 2 of the DICK’S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic, Saturday saw just three contests. With Thursday and Friday’s teams heading home, six USHL clubs took center stage on the penultimate day of the league’s premier fall event.

CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. – If there was a theme of Day 2 of the DICK’S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic, it’d probably be goals galore. Every single game featured one of the teams scoring six or more goals on their way to victories. There were 38 goals total scored among the five games, an average of 7.6 goals scored per game. So if you liked scoring, Friday’s games were for you.

CRANBERRY TWP., Pa – The 2022-23 USHL season is officially underway. Five games opened the action at the DICK’S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic with plenty of good games and solid individual performances.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The first day of action at the NHL Rookie Faceoff tournament ended with an exclamation point. The prospects representing the host San Jose Sharks earned a 3-2 win over the rival Anaheim Ducks in overtime. The game-winner came off the stick of San Jose top prospect William Eklund, who dazzled the partisan crowd with a vintage spin-o-rama to get around Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger before slamming home his own rebound to give the teal-clad fans something to cheer even louder about.

The top two teams in Da Beauty League made sure the fans got a great show in the John Scott Cup championship game. In a battle that saw the leads change five different times over the course of the game, TRIA managed to outlast top-seeded Tradition and pull away late for a thrilling 8-5 victory, securing the coveted John Scott Cup.

EDMONTON -- In one of the most dramatic finishes you'll ever see at the World Junior Championship, Canada won the gold medal with a 3-2 overtime win against Finland. After Canada had surrendered their 2-0 lead in the third period, Canada captain Mason McTavish made a play in overtime that will allow this championship game to live on as one of the most memorable in the event's illustrious history.

EDMONTON -- A perfect 4-0-0-0 record in the preliminary round, the top seed in Group B and after one quarterfinal game, the U.S. National Junior Team will not be playing for a medal of any color at the 2022 World Junior Championship. The U.S. was stunned by Czechia in a 4-2 defeat in the last of four quarterfinals played Wednesday at Rogers Place.

The Florida Everblades are Kelly Cup Champions again.

One win away.