Drew O'Connor had quite a game in his debut for the U.S. national team.
O'Connor, Casey DeSmith, Nick Bonino and the rest of Team USA played in a pre-tournament game against Germany in Munich on Tuesday as a lead up to this year's World Championship, which is set to be held in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia from May 12-28.
Team USA beat Germany, 6-3, and O'Connor was named the U.S. player of the game.
O'Connor had two goals -- including the game-winner -- in the win:
O'Connor also had the primary assist on Ronnie Attard's opening goal of the game:
O'Connor centered Team USA's third line, playing between Sean Farrell, who signed an entry-level contract with Montreal this spring after playing for Harvard this season, and AHL Rockford's Rocco Grimaldi.
DeSmith started the game but exited midway through for Cal Petersen to finish, a planned split to give both goaltenders playing time before the tournament. DeSmith stopped all 19 shots faced in the first 32:19 of the game, and Peterson allowed three goals on eight shots in the second half.
DeSmith, who is also making his debut for the national team, is likely to be Team USA's starter once the tournament begins. Petersen, who is in the Kings' organization, spent 40 games this season in the AHL and 10 in the NHL. Boston University's Drew Commesso, who recently signed his entry-level deal with the Blackhawks, is the third goaltender on the roster.
Bonino, who was named captain prior to the game, centered Team USA's top line between Chicago's Anders Bjork and Buffalo's Alex Tuch.
