The 2019–20 American International Yellow Jackets men's ice hockey season was the 72nd season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level, and the 17th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Yellow Jackets represented American International College and were coached by Eric Lang, in his 4th season.

On March 12, 2020, Atlantic Hockey announced that the remainder of the conference tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Departures Samuel Best Goaltender Transferred to Massachusetts–Boston Darius Davidson Forward Signed professional contract (Macon Mayhem) Shawn McBride Forward/Defenseman Graduation (signed with Hartford Wolf Pack) Vitaliy Novytskyy Defenseman Transferred to Liberty Ryan Papa Forward Graduation (retired) Evan Plotnik Goaltender Left program (retired)

Recruiting Austin Albrecht Forward 23 Flemington, NJ; transfer from Massachusetts Blake Bennett Forward 21 Grand Island, NY Calvon Boots Defenseman 21 Salmon, ID Brett Callahan Defenseman 20 Westmont, IL Jarrett Fiske Goaltender 20 Erie, PA Nate Hooper Forward 21 Winnipeg, MB Hunter Johannes Forward 21 Eden Prairie, MN Austen Long Forward 21 Minneapolis, MN Jake Stella Forward 20 Karlstad, SWE Justin Wilson Forward 21 North Vancouver, BC

Roster As of September 12, 2019.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season

!colspan=12 style=";" | |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Tournament Cancelled

Scoring Statistics LW 34 11 17 28 12 RW 34 9 19 28 19 D 33 2 23 25 61 LW/RW 32 12 11 23 14 D 34 13 9 22 40 C/LW 34 2 19 21 10 LW 34 9 11 20 39 LW 28 11 8 19 12 C 32 6 11 17 8 D 33 6 9 15 6 LW 33 5 10 15 10 F 33 8 6 14 24 C/LW 34 3 6 9 12 D 32 2 6 8 28 D 30 1 7 8 14 RW 14 2 5 7 2 D/F 32 2 5 7 14 LW 27 1 6 7 8 F 24 2 4 6 0 RW 28 1 5 6 12 F 7 1 0 1 2 F 7 1 0 1 2 F 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 0 D 10 0 0 0 6 G 17 0 0 0 0 G 19 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 4 Total

Goaltending statistics 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0.00 19 1049 10 8 1 32 403 4 .926 1.83 17 973 11 4 0 38 424 0 .918 2.34 Empty Net - 23 - - - 4 - - - - Total 34 2051 21 12 1 74 827 4 .918 2.16

Rankings

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Awards and honors NCAA Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award Jared Pike Forward

Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Goaltending Award Zackarias Skog Goaltender Coach of the Year Eric Lang Coach All-Atlantic Hockey First Team Zackarias Skog Goaltender All-Atlantic Hockey First Team Brennan Kapcheck Defenseman All-Atlantic Hockey First Team Blake Christensen Forward All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team Patrik Demel Defenseman All-Atlantic Hockey Third Team Martin Mellberg Forward All-Atlantic Hockey Third Team Hugo Reinhardt Forward

References