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O'Connor shines in USA's exhibition game before Worlds

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 Montreal's Sean Farrell and AHL Rockford's Rocco Grimaldi.