| Tim Sestito | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1984 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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