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Tom Sestito (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL). His older brother Tim plays with the Dinamo Riga organization. ==Playing career== Sestito was drafted 85th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Drafted from the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League, he showed his potential scoring 42 goals in the 2006–07 season with the Whalers. Sestito signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets on March 29, 2007. After playing with the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, Sestito made his NHL debut with Columbus in the last game of the 2007–08 season against the St. Louis Blues on April 6, 2008. He scored his first NHL goal on December 15, 2010, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks in a 3–2 overtime loss. He scored his second NHL goal on December 23, 2010, against Cory Schneider, also of the Vancouver Canucks in a 7–3 losing effort. On February 28, 2011, Sestito was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forwards Greg Moore and Michael Chaput. On September 27, 2011, the Flyers placed him on waivers with the intention of having him play for their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms. On October 8, 2012, he signed for EIHL team Sheffield Steelers on a temporary contract during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. He joined fellow NHL players Anthony Stewart and Drew Miller who were playing for Nottingham Panthers and Braehead Clan respectively. On March 1, 2013, Sestito was claimed off waivers by the Vancouver Canucks. On May 29, 2013, Sestito received a two-year, one-way contract worth a total of US$1.5 million from the Vancouver Canucks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.capgeek.com/player/723 )〕 Sestito made headlines after receiving twenty-seven combined penalty minutes for just one second of on-ice time against the Los Angeles Kings on January 13, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/tom-sestito-picks-27-penalty-minutes-one-second-154115406--nhl.html )〕 Afterwards, commentator Keith Olbermann named Sestito "The Worst Person in the Sports World" on his show. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/16/keith-olbermann-tom-sestito-sister-twitter_n_4612782.html )〕 In his first full NHL season (2013–14), Sestito led the league in penalty minutes with 213, edging out Chris Neil by 2. On February 23, 2015, the Vancouver Canucks cut Sestito a few weeks after being reassigned to the Utica Comets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Sestito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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