Blue Jackets Sign Tom Sestito

[VodkaFish]

Left wing tallied 42-22-64 to lead OHL's Plymouth Whalers to West Division title in 2006-07

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed left wing Tom Sestito to a three-year entry level contract, club President and General Manager Doug MacLean announced today. Sestito, who was Columbus' third pick, 85th overall, at the 2006 Entry Draft, is currently playing in the Ontario Hockey League Playoffs with the Plymouth Whalers.

Sestito, 19, tallied 42 goals and 22 assists for 64 points with 135 penalty minutes and a +6 plus/minus rating in 60 games with Plymouth during the 2006-07 regular season. He led the club and ranked 13th in the OHL in goals and was tops on the club and eighth in the OHL with 21 power play goals. He also led the Whalers with four shorthanded goals and was sixth on the club in points. He helped lead Plymouth to a 49-14-2-3 record, which was tops in the West Division and second in the league.

The 6-5, 212-pound Rome, New York native has appeared in 152 career OHL games with the Whalers, registering 53-35-88, 399 penalty minutes and a +3 plus/minus rating. He notched 10-10-20 and 176 penalty minutes in 57 games in 2005-06 and added 5-2-7 and 29 penalty minutes in 13 playoff games. Plymouth, whose roster also includes 2005 CBJ draft pick Jared Boll, currently leads the Guelph Storm 2-0 in its first round OHL playoff series.

[FlagsFan]

Good sign for the Jackets,he's got some good numbers in all categories of the game.

[AVALANCHE FAN]

Thats cool I wonder if we are gonna get to see any of these youngsters they have been signing or if they are going to end up in Syracuse.

[Chicken_Soup]

great news, Sestito is a tough guy and loves to throw down.

[evulmievl]

yeah he is willing thats for sure, but my ol' buddy scott fletcher has absolutely owned him in the fighting dept.