The U.S. Men's National Team captured a bronze medal at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship that took place in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, from May 4-20, 2018. 

Competing in Group B in Herning, the U.S. opened tournament play with six straight wins for the first time in U.S. history by defeating Canada (5-4, SOW), Denmark (4-0), Germany (3-0), Latvia (3-2, OT), Korea (13-1) and Norway (9-3). After a 6-2 setback against Finland on the final day of preliminary round play saw the U.S. finish second in Group B, the U.S. topped the Czech Republic, 3-2, in quarterfinal play. A 6-0 semifinal defeat to eventual champion Sweden saw the U.S. meet Canada in the bronze medal game, where it captured a 4-1 victory. The win marked the first time a U.S. team has ever defeated Canada twice in an IIHF Men's World Championship. 

The U.S., led by head coach Jeff Blashill (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.), captain Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y.) and alternate captains Connor Murphy (Dublin, Ohio) and Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) finished with a 6-2-0-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record as its eight total wins tied for the best-ever by a U.S. team in tournament play. The bronze medal win gave the U.S. its third bronze medal (2013, 2015, 2018) and fourth top-four finish in the last six IIHF Men's World Championships, a feat the country has not accomplished since medaling in three of the five tournaments it competed in from 1939-1950. 

Kane became the first-ever U.S. player to earn Tournament MVP honors and fourth-ever to receive Media All-Star Team recognition when he set U.S. single tournament records in both points (20) and assists (12). In 10 tournament games, he finished the tournament as the leading point scorer and tied for the tournament lead in assists while ranking second in goals (8).