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 |
May 7, 1985 Shoreview, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Died |
January 22, 2018 (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
editPrior 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
editChicago 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
edit- ^ "Wolf Pack Sign Forward Andrew Carroll To PTO". OurSportsCentral.com. March 14, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
- ^ "Wolf Pack re-sign Andrew Carroll". Hartford Wolf Pack. July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ "Carroll returns to Idaho". Idaho Steelheads. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ a b c Ex-Minnesota Hockey Player Dies After Incident at O'Hare International Airport. NBC Chicago, 23 January 2018.
- ^ "College men's hockey: Ex-UMD captain Andrew Carroll dies after accident". TwinCities.com. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Ex-UMD hockey captain, Shorewood native Andrew Carroll dies after accident. Forum News Service, 22 January 2018
- ^ "Ex-UMD Men's Hockey Captain Andrew Carroll Passes Away". WDIO-TV. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ @rileytufte27 (January 22, 2018). (Tweet) https://x.com/rileytufte27/status/955571434201399298 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Authorities: Ex-UMD hockey player Carroll took his own life". Duluth News Tribune. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ "Test Reveals Former Duluth Hockey Captain Had CTE Before Suicide". April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
External links
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