Andrew Carroll (ice hockey)

Andrew Thomas Carroll (May 7, 1985 – January 22, 2018) was an American professional ice hockey player who most notably played in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Andrew Carroll
Carroll with the Hershey Bears in 2011
Born (1985-05-07)May 7, 1985
Shoreview, Minnesota, U.S.
Died January 22, 2018(2018-01-22) (aged 32)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Hartford Wolf Pack
Abbotsford Heat
Peoria Rivermen
Hershey Bears
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2009–2016

Playing career

Prior to turning professional, while going undrafted Carroll attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he played four seasons of college hockey with the NCAA Division I Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team.[1]

On July 18, 2013, Carroll returned to his original AHL club, signing a one-year contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack.[2]

After a one-year hiatus, Carroll returned to professional hockey in signing a one-year ECHL contract with former club, the Idaho Steelheads on August 27, 2015.[3]

Death

Chicago police responded to the outside lanes of Terminal 2 in Chicago's O'Hare Airport at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21, after receiving a call of a “person down”. It was reported Carroll had "trauma to his head."[4] Camera recordings revealed that it appeared that Carroll had "jumped from the upper level roadway to the lower level roadway on his own accord."[4] He was initially taken to Resurrection Hospital in critical condition.[4]

On January 22, 2018, the University of Minnesota Duluth released a statement that Carroll had died at the age of 32.[5] The Carroll family revealed in their statement that Carroll died as a result of a fall at Chicago's O'Hare Airport on January 22, 2018.[6][7] The University of Minnesota Duluth men's hockey team announced that they would wear special "AC" commemorative stickers on their helmets for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[8] The medical examiner's office ruled the death a suicide.[9] In April 2019, Carroll was later diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy by Boston University researchers.[10]

References
  1. "Wolf Pack Sign Forward Andrew Carroll To PTO". OurSportsCentral.com. March 14, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  2. "Wolf Pack re-sign Andrew Carroll". Hartford Wolf Pack. July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  3. "Carroll returns to Idaho". Idaho Steelheads. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  4. Ex-Minnesota Hockey Player Dies After Incident at O'Hare International Airport. NBC Chicago, 23 January 2018.
  5. "College men's hockey: Ex-UMD captain Andrew Carroll dies after accident". TwinCities.com. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  6. Ex-UMD hockey captain, Shorewood native Andrew Carroll dies after accident. Forum News Service, 22 January 2018
  7. "Ex-UMD Men's Hockey Captain Andrew Carroll Passes Away". WDIO-TV. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  8. @rileytufte27 (January 22, 2018). (Tweet) https://twitter.com/rileytufte27/status/955571434201399298 – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Authorities: Ex-UMD hockey player Carroll took his own life". Duluth News Tribune. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. "Test Reveals Former Duluth Hockey Captain Had CTE Before Suicide". April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.


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