Halloween is looming and college hockey is on the uptick. With nearly a month of games in the books, teams are starting to fall into their identities that they will continue to build upon as the season progresses.

This week, the Big Ten is all over the place. The best team in the country, Michigan, is from the conference, and Wisconsin has risen to No. 2, but the likes of Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame are greatly struggling. A frew days ago, though, Minnesota was very much in the same boat.

A handful of these teams are the main focus of this week's college hockey stock report, which recaps which teams are looking good and on the rise, along with some areas that could use some fine-tuning.

Stock Up: Minnesota rising to the rivalry

It was a brutal start to the campaign for the Golden Gophers and the new coaching staff. Each of the first six games on the schedule were against ranked teams, and as a result, Minnesota started winless through the first four: No. 19 Michigan Tech swept UM and No.…