Honors and unique achievements have come the way of Alex Nedeljkovic throughout his hockey career. As a junior with the Plymouth Whalers, he earned a place on both the OHL All Rookie Team and won the F.W. “Dinty” Moore Trophy as the league’s top rookie goalie. Nedeljkovic made the OHL All-Star Team in 2013-14. He played in both the CHL Top Prospects Game and USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game that season.

That year, he’d also helped the USA win the gold medal at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship. In seven tournament games, Nedeljkovic would turn in a 1.86 GAA and .908 save percentage.

Selected 37th overall in the 2014 NHL entry draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, he’d turn pro in 2015, starting out in the ECHL, where he’d score a goal for the Florida Everblades on December 30, 2016. 

Seventeens were wild when Nedeljkovic made his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes. Coming on in relief of Cam Ward on January 17, 2017, Nedeljkovic turned aside 17 shots during a 4-1 loss to Columbus.

He’d play sparingly for the Canes over the next three seasons. Nedeljkovic saw action in one game in 2018-19 and four games in 2019-20. His first NHL win came in his first NHL start on January 23, 2019. He made 24 saves in a 5-2 victory over Vancouver.

Meanwhile, he continued to dominate at the AHL level. He shared the league lead in wins with the Charlotte Checkers in 2017-18 and on March 10, 2018, Nedeljkovic would score a goal against the Hartford Wolf Pack. He won the Baz Bastien Memorial Award as the league’s top goalie and was selected to the AHL All-Star Team in 2018-19. That spring, Nedeljkovic backstopped the Checkers to the Calder Cup title. 

Finally during the 2020-21 season, Nedeljkovic got a regular chance in the show and made the most of it. Though he didn’t see NHL action until February 8, 2021, Nedeljkovic would go 15-5-3 in 23 games, leading NHL netminders with a 1.90 GAA and .932 save percentage. In his last nine games he was 7-1-1 with a 1.55 GAA and .945 save percentage. Nedeljkovic was named a Calder Trophy finalist.

Surprisingly, the Hurricanes would trade Nedeljkovic to the Detroit Red Wings in the offseason. He spent two seasons as a Red Wing. Struggling during his second year, he wound up back in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins.

The Pittsburgh Penguins would sign Nedeljkovic as an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2023. He’d turn in a strong 2023-24 campaign, going 18-7-7 with a 2.97 GAA and .902 save percentage for the Penguins. On November 17, 2023, while on a rehab stint with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Nedeljkovic would score on the Providence Bruins. He became the first netminder to score multiple goals in AHL history.