The Atlantic Hockey Conference announced its selections for the 2019-20 All-Conference Teams on Thursday, March 12, with a program-record six members of the two-time regular season champion American International College ice hockey team earning accolades from the league.

Seniors Martin Mellberg and Hugo Reinhardt were selected to the Third Team, senior Patrik Demel was named to the Second Team, and seniors Blake Christensen and Zackarias Skog were joined by junior Brennan Kapcheck on the First Team.

Mellberg tied for the AIC scoring lead with 28 points, on nine goals and 19 assists in 34 games. He was a model of consistency over his four-year career at AIC, missing just one game out of the 150 AIC played from 2016-17 through 2019-20, and his 91 career points rank him sixth in AIC history at the Division I level.

Reinhardt notched a team-best 13 goals and also added nine assists for 22 points in 34 games in 2019-20, serving as co-captain and providing outstanding play in all three zones and centering arguably the league's most dangerous line. In 131 games over his career, he notched 33 goals and 43 assists, including the overtime winner against Niagara University in the 2019 Atlantic Hockey Championship Game.

Demel was a dominating force defensively for AIC, scoring twice and adding 19 assists for 21 points and a team-best +12 rating; along with his +15 last year, he holds the two best seasons in the Division I era for +/-. He compiled 10 goals and 45 assists in 110 games with the Yellow Jackets.

Kapcheck, the lone junior in AIC's sections, led the team with 23 assists and scored twice for 25 total points and compiled a +11 rating. He paired with Demel as the top defensive unit on the league's second-best scoring defense in Atlantic Hockey history, which allowed just 52 goals in conference play. He is already the program's all-time defenseman points leader in the Division I era, with 14 goals and 62 assists in just 109 games; the 62 assists have him tied with Mellberg for second-most in program history. This is Kapcheck's second consecutive First Team nod.

Skog turned in a brilliant senior campaign; he went 10-8-1 with four shutouts, a 1.83 goals against average, and a .926 save percentage in 19 appearances. All four of his shutouts were in league play, and he set the program's all-eras record for career wins and shutouts with 37 and 10 one year after setting the single-season highs in those categories with 20 and five and becoming the first AIC player to earn AHC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Christensen once again filled the scoresheet, tying with Mellberg for a team-best 28 points on 11 goals and 17 assists in 34 games. Five of his goals were the deciding tallies, all in conference victories. One year after shattering the program's single-season assists and points records while becoming the program's first Division I All-American, Christensen concluded his career with 48 goals and a record 71 assists and 119 points. The accolade is the second consecutive First Team selection for Christensen.

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