Tom Sestito
Tom Sestito ( born September 28, 1987 in Rome, New York ) is an Italian- American ice hockey player in the position of left winger. Since March 2013 he is with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League contract. His brother Tim is also a professional hockey player.
Career
Sestito began his career at Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ), where he played in the 2004/05 season with his older brother Tim Sestito in a team. After two seasons in the OHL was selected in the third round than a total of 85 players from the Columbus Blue Jackets Tom Sestito in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006. The offensive player then completed yet another season in the Ontario Hockey League, at the end he won with the Plymouth Whalers of the J. Ross Robertson Cup and the fact his team earned a participation in the Memorial Cup in 2007. In this tournament, the Whalers dropped out to eventual Memorial Cup champion Vancouver Giants in the semifinals. Tom Sestito was there with seven points scorer in five games together with Milan Lucic and Michal Řepík most successful points scorer of the competition.
Then moved Sestito in the organization of the Blue Jackets. However, over the following three and a half years of the links Sagittarius came only on 13 missions for the franchise from the U.S. state of Ohio. The majority of the time spent Tom Sestito in the farm team of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) Syracuse Crunch and Springfield Falcons. On 28 February 2011 it transferred the Blue Jackets in exchange for Greg Moore and Michael Chaput to Philadelphia Flyers. Sestito played for the rest of the season with the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL. In the season 2011/12 he first came to the Flyers in the NHL used. After 14 games for Philadelphia he retired in February 2012, a torn muscle in the groin to, so he had to stop for the rest of the regular season from the league.
On March 1, 2013, the Sestito located on the Waiverliste was selected by the Vancouver Canucks.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Plymouth Whalers
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )