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Tim Sestito

 
Tim Sestito
Born August 28, 1984 (1984-08-28) (age 27)
Rome, NY, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams
New Jersey Devils
Edmonton Oilers
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 Albany Devils of the American Hockey League while under contract to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. His younger brother Tom Sestito, plays with the Philadelphia Flyers organization.

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.

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
NHL totals 46 0 3 3 11

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