O’Connor ’22 To Represent Team USA In IIHF World Championship

By: Dan Richeal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—USA Hockey announced the first 18 players to play for Team USA in the upcoming IIHF World Championships. Former Dartmouth forward Drew O’Connor ’22 has been selected to represent Team USA.

O’Connor split the 2024-25 season between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks after being traded to Vancouver on Feb. 1. He skated in 84 games this season while scoring 10 goals and adding 15 assists. In five NHL seasons he has appeared in 241 career games while scoring 34 goals and dishing out 41 assists.

O’Connor played two seasons for the Big Green, in 65 collegiate games he scored 38 goals and added 38 assists. In 2019-20 he was named Ivy League Co-Player of the Year, All-Ivy First Team, All-ECAC Hockey First Team, and a New England All Star after leading the ECAC in goals.

This will be the second time that O’Connor represents Team USA, he played for Team USA in the 2023 IIHF World Championships, he scored three times and added five assists in 10 games for Team USA.

The tournament starts on May 9 and runs through May 25 in Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm Sweden. Team USA will travel to Düsseldorf, Germany to train on May 2 before taking on Germany in a pre-tournament game on May 4. The U.S. opens the tournament on May 9 in Herning against Denmark, faceoff is scheduled for 2:20 PM ET.

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