Tom Sestito

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Tom Sestito
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Born (1987-09-28) September 28, 1987 (age 36)
Rome, NY, USA
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 228 lb (103 kg; 16 st 4 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams		 WBS Penguins
Columbus Blue Jackets
Philadelphia Flyers
Vancouver Canucks
NHL Draft 85th overall, 2006
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 2007–present

Tom Sestito (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL). His older brother Tim plays with the Dinamo Riga organization.

Playing career

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Sestito with the Columbus Blue Jackets

Sestito was drafted 85th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Drafted from the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League, he showed his potential scoring 42 goals in the 2006–07 season with the Whalers.[1]

Sestito signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets on March 29, 2007.[2] After playing with the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, Sestito made his NHL debut with Columbus in the last game of the 2007–08 season against the St. Louis Blues on April 6, 2008.[3]

He scored his first NHL goal on December 15, 2010, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks in a 3–2 overtime loss. He scored his second NHL goal on December 23, 2010, against Cory Schneider, also of the Vancouver Canucks in a 7–3 losing effort. On February 28, 2011, Sestito was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forwards Greg Moore and Michael Chaput.[4]

On September 27, 2011, the Flyers placed him on waivers with the intention of having him play for their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms.[5]

On October 8, 2012, he signed for EIHL team Sheffield Steelers on a temporary contract during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. He joined fellow NHL players Anthony Stewart and Drew Miller who were playing for Nottingham Panthers and Braehead Clan respectively.

On March 1, 2013, Sestito was claimed off waivers by the Vancouver Canucks.[6]

On May 29, 2013, Sestito received a two-year, one-way contract worth a total of US$1.5 million from the Vancouver Canucks.[7][8]

Sestito made headlines after receiving twenty-seven combined penalty minutes for just one second of on-ice time against the Los Angeles Kings on January 13, 2014.[9] Afterwards, commentator Keith Olbermann named Sestito "The Worst Person in the Sports World" on his show. [10]

In his first full NHL season (2013–14), Sestito led the league in penalty minutes with 213, edging out Chris Neil by 2. In the 2014–15 season, with the enforcer role phasing out at the NHL level, Sestito appeared sparingly in 3 games with the Canucks before he was re-assigned to AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. On February 23, 2015, the Vancouver Canucks cut Sestito after 10 games with the Comets.[11]

After sitting out the remainder of the season, Sestito accepted an tryout invitation the following summer to the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp on August 26, 2015. Sestito was not offered a contract with Pittsburgh at the conclusion of camp but was offered a try-out with AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to begin the 2015–16 season on October 2, 2015.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Plymouth Whalers OHL 35 1 3 4 88 — — — — —
2005–06 Plymouth Whalers OHL 57 10 10 20 176 2 1 1 2 6
2006–07 Plymouth Whalers OHL 60 42 22 64 135 4 4 0 4 10
2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 66 7 16 23 202 9 3 0 3 57
2007–08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 1 0 0 0 17 — — — — —
2008–09 Syracuse Crunch AHL 52 8 12 20 168 — — — — —
2009–10 Syracuse Crunch AHL 36 10 7 17 138 — — — — —
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 3 0 0 0 7 — — — — —
2010–11 Springfield Falcons AHL 46 11 21 32 192 — — — — —
2010–11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 9 2 2 4 40 — — — — —
2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 11 2 1 3 45 — — — — —
2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 34 9 8 17 120 — — — — —
2011–12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14 0 1 1 83 — — — — —
2012–13 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 17 8 11 19 69 — — — — —
2012–13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7 2 0 2 12 — — — — —
2012–13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2012–13 Vancouver Canucks NHL 23 1 0 1 53 1 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 5 4 9 213 — — — — —
2014–15 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 0 1 1 7 — — — — —
2014–15 Utica Comets AHL 10 1 0 1 20 — — — — —
NHL totals 137 10 8 18 432 1 0 0 0 2

References

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