Hurricanes goalie prospect scores another goal

Alex Nedeljkovic just won't stop scoring goals.

The Carolina Hurricanes prospect scored his second goal in as many seasons, this time shooting the puck into an empty net for Charlotte of the American Hockey League in its 7-3 win against Hartford.

With Charlotte ahead 6-3 and about two minutes remaining, Nedeljkovic fielded a dump-in and shot the puck down the ice and into an empty net, whipping the crowd at Bojangles' Coliseum into a frenzy. He skated to the bench to celebrate, where his teammates and coaches mobbed him.

"I was ecstatic," Nedeljkovic told the Checkers website. "The only thing I wanted to take from scoring last season] was just to go to the bench and celebrate with those guys, because I didn't do that last year. When I saw [the puck] was going in, I jumped and I was throwing my hands in the air. I was like a little kid again."
It was Nedeljkovic's first goal in the AHL, but he scored for
[Florida of the ECHL
last season and became the 12th goalie to score in that league's history. Nedeljkovic joined Ron Hextall, Martin Brodeur, Chris Mason and Mike Smith as goalies with multiple goals in a North American professional hockey game.
"We know he scored one last year in the ECHL," Checkers coach Mike Vellucci told the team's website. "I know he looks [to score], and especially up two goals it's easier for him to do it. I'm proud of him."
He became the 13th goalie in AHL history to score in a game, though not for a lack of trying.
"There have been countless times this year where I've whiffed on it or put it wide," Nedeljkovic said. "This time I wanted to bury it."