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Henrik Lundqvist among six Rangers to participate in 2019 IIHF World Championship

Six Rangers will play for their respective countries in this year's IIHF World Championship in Bratislava and Kosice, Slovakia from May 10 to 26.

Henrik Lundqvist will represent Sweden, Filip Chytil will represent Czech Republic and Alexander Georgiev will respresent Russia. Chris Kreider, Brady Skjei and Jericho's Adam Fox will represent the United States.

Rangers assistant general manager and Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury was named the general manager of the 2019 U.S. men's national team in March.

This is the sixth time (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2019) Lundqvist will represent Sweden at the worlds.