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).

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. On July 18, 2013, Carroll returned to his original AHL club, signing a one-year contract with the

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. 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.

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."Ex-Minnesota Hockey Player Dies After Incident at O'Hare International Airport
NBC Chicago, 23 January 2018. Camera recordings revealed that it appeared that Carroll had "jumped from the upper level roadway to the lower level roadway on his own accord." He was initially taken to Resurrection Hospital in critical condition. On January 22, 2018, the University of Minnesota Duluth released a statement that Carroll had died at the age of 32. 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. 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. The medical examiner's office ruled the death a suicide. In April 2019, Carroll was later diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy by Boston University researchers.

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