Tim Sestito

Tim Sestito (born August 28, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played with the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils organizations of the National Hockey League (NHL). His younger brother Tom Sestito most recently played for the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League (AHL).

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 5, 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. Sestito was named an assistant captain for the Dinamo Riga in his first season with the team.

Personal life Since retiring from professional hockey, Sestito has served as a fire fighter in his hometown of Rome, New York, with the Rome Fire Department. Sestito now coaches the Utica Jr Comets.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs 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 44 127 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 — — — — — 2015–16 Dinamo Riga KHL 50 19 4 23 52 — — — — — 2016–17 Dinamo Riga KHL 53 7 5 12 75 — — — — — AHL totals 451 76 94 170 727 9 0 0 0 14 NHL totals 101 0 8 8 55 1 0 0 0 0