A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list it may not be a good thing -- it means that they are capturing a large amount of the hockey world's attention.

When Zach Werenski gets married in Columbus in July, he’ll have one hockey guy standing in the wedding: Dylan Larkin. The best friends have played together many times -- as kids, as college roommates,

Blue Jackets' Werenski leads tournament in assists, climbing U.S. assist ranks going into rematch against Canada for 4 Nations championship.

Swedish goalie Samuel Ersson comes up big to keep Werenski, U.S. from sweeping through 4 Nations round robin games; Canada-U.S. to rematch for title.

COLUMBUS – Zach Werenski had a goal and two assists for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Nationwide Arena on Saturday. Werenski extended his home point streak to 22 games (14 goals,

Kirill Marchenko had two goals and an assist for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 6-4 win against the Dallas Stars at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Zach Werenski’s streak of 22 straight home games with a point ended for the Blue Jackets.

In their first game back, a top defenseman for the Columbus Blue Jackets picked up where he left off at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Zach Werenski scored and had two assists and Kent Johnson scored twice for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak. Denton Mateychuk and Adam Fantilli each scored,

Last night, against the Dallas Stars, defenseman Zach Werenski entered with a 22-game home points streak, the third-longest in NHL history. If we're being honest, this is no easy feat.

Team USA came up short in a thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada, but it wasn't the fault of Zach Werenski or Connor Hellebuyck.