Tim Sestito
| Tim Sestito | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
August 28, 1984[1] Rome, NY, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Dinamo Riga Edmonton Oilers New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Tim Sestito (born August 28, 1984 in Rome, New York) is an American professional ice hockey player currently with the Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played with the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils organizations of the National Hockey League. His younger brother Tom Sestito, also previously played with the Vancouver Canucks.
Playing career
Undrafted Sesito played junior hockey with the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League. In 2005, in his first professional season with the Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL, he scored 21 goals and had 23 assists for the total of 44 points in 72 games. In those 72 games, he also got a total of 127 penalty minutes finishing 3rd for penalties.
On November 22, 2008, Sestito was called up to the Edmonton Oilers to make his first regular season NHL debut. He played his first regular season game on November 26, 2008 against the Los Angeles Kings. Sestito was the captain of the Oilers top minor hockey league affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League, before being traded on July 9, 2009 to the New Jersey Devils from the Edmonton Oilers for a conditional draft choice.
On October 14, 2010, Sestito was called up to New Jersey to fill in for Brian Rolston and a depleted Devils roster.
On May 5th, 2012, Sestito was called up to New Jersey to make his NHL Playoff debut for the injured Ryan Carter during the team's 2012 Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals against the Philadelphia Flyers.
On July 15, 2015, Sestito announced he would be moving to the Kontinental Hockey League to play with the Dinamo Riga for the 2015–16 season.[2] Sestito was named an assistant captain for the Dinamo Riga in his first season with the team.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Syracuse Jr. Crunch | OPJHL | 45 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 51 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 61 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 57 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 68 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 67 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Greenville Grrrowl | ECHL | 72 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | ||
| 2006–07 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 66 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 77 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 175 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 51 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 66 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Albany Devils | AHL | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 45 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Albany Devils | AHL | 67 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Albany Devils | AHL | 51 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Albany Devils | AHL | 58 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 101 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Tim Sestito Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Sestito signs with Dinamo Riga of KHL". Rome Sentinel. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ↑ "Dinamo Riga official team leadership group". Dinamo Riga. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
External links
- Tim Sestito's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Tim Sestito's player profile at NHL.com