Tim Sestito
 Tim Sestito 
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| Date of birth | August 28, 1984 |
| place of birth | Rome , New York , USA |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 91 kg |
| position | Center / left wing |
| number | # 12 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 2001-2005 | Plymouth Whalers |
| 2005 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
| 2005-2006 | Greenville Grrrowl |
| 2006-2007 | Stockton Thunder |
| 2007-2009 | Springfield Falcons |
| 2009-2010 | Lowell Devils |
| 2010-2015 |
New Jersey Devils Albany Devils |
| 2015-2017 | Dinamo Riga |
Tim Sestito (* 28. August 1984 in Rome , New York ) is a former Italo - American ice hockey player , who during his playing career from 2001 to 2017 among other 102 games for the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League on has contested the position of the center and left winger . However, Sestito mainly played in the American Hockey League . His younger brother Tom is also a professional ice hockey player.
Career
Tim Sestito began his career as a hockey player with the Plymouth Whalers , for which he was active from 2001 to 2005 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . He then finished the 2004/05 season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers from the American Hockey League . After a year with the Greenville Grrrowl in the ECHL , the defender was signed as a free agent on August 28, 2006 by the Edmonton Oilers . In the following three years, the left shooter played almost exclusively for the farm teams of the Oilers, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League and the Stockton Thunder from the ECHL. The American played his only game in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers on November 26, 2008 against the Los Angeles Kings .
On July 9, 2009 Sestito was transferred to the New Jersey Devils , for whom he was in the NHL until 2015, as well as for their farm teams, initially the Lowell Devils , from 2010 the Albany Devils , in the AHL on the ice. After the 2014/15 season, his contract with the Devils ran out and Sestito decided to move to the Continental Hockey League at Dinamo Riga . He spent two seasons there before declaring his retirement from active professional sport in August 2017 - a few days before his 33rd birthday.
Achievements and Awards
- 2002 OHL First All-Rookie Team
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2001/02 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 51 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 40 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002/03 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 61 | 11 | 7th | 18th | 49 | 18th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | ||
| 2003/04 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 57 | 10 | 20th | 30th | 68 | 9 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 14th | ||
| 2004/05 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 67 | 14th | 18th | 32 | 93 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | ||
| 2004/05 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Greenville Grrrowl | ECHL | 72 | 21st | 23 | 44 | 146 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 24 | ||
| 2006/07 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 66 | 13 | 13 | 26th | 132 | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | ||
| 2006/07 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | AHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 77 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 175 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 51 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 66 | 18th | 17th | 35 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
| 2009/10 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Albany Devils | AHL | 23 | 5 | 8th | 13 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 45 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 18th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012/13 | Albany Devils | AHL | 67 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 106 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Albany Devils | AHL | 51 | 13 | 14th | 27 | 79 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
| 2013/14 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Albany Devils | AHL | 58 | 10 | 15th | 25th | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 15th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 50 | 19th | 4th | 23 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Dinamo Riga | KHL | 53 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| OHL total | 236 | 45 | 56 | 101 | 250 | 37 | 6th | 4th | 10 | 32 | ||||
| ECHL total | 138 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 278 | 12 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 30th | ||||
| AHL total | 451 | 76 | 94 | 170 | 727 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | ||||
| NHL overall | 101 | 0 | 8th | 8th | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| KHL total | 103 | 26th | 9 | 35 | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Tim Sestito at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tim Sestito at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sestito signs with Dinamo Riga of KHL. In: romesentinel.com. July 15, 2015, accessed September 9, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sestito, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , New York , USA |