Position Center Name Tim Sestito Salary 575,000 USD (2015) Playing career Weight 88 kg | NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.83 m Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Siblings Tom Sestito | |
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Born August 28, 1984 (age 39)
Rome, NY, USA ( 1984-08-28 ) KHL team
Former teams Dinamo Riga
Edmonton Oilers
New Jersey Devils Current team Albany Devils (#12 / Centerman) Similar People Tom Sestito, Bryce Salvador, Patrik Elias, John Hynes, Lou Lamoriello | ||
Brayden schenn vs tim sestito jan 3 2015
Tim Sestito (born August 28, 1984 in Rome, New York) is an American retired ice hockey player for 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.
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- Brayden schenn vs tim sestito jan 3 2015
- Training camp tim sestito september 21 2014
- Playing career
- References
Training camp tim sestito september 21 2014
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.