Video: Tom Sestito, Oliver Lauridsen beat up a guy from the bench this weekend
by Travis Hughes on Jan 9, 2012 9:01 AM EST
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PrintSince leaving Philadelphia three years ago, the Adirondack Phantoms have seen their once-awesome rivalry with the Hershey Bears fall by the wayside. It took a step back in time this past weekend, however, with an incredible Phantoms win in at Citizens Bank Park in Philly on Friday night and, well, this incident on Saturday night in Hershey.
You'll want to fast-forward to the 2:18 mark of this video.
It all occurred at the 16:30 mark of the third period in what had already been a pretty feisty game between the Phantoms and Bears. In fact, before this point, the teams had already combined for 46 penalty minutes, including a fight and a 10-minute misconduct to Hershey goon Josh Rechlicz. We tried to figure out exactly what he incurred that misconduct for, but the lone report on the game from the Harrisburg Patriot-News didn't include details.
That's relevant since Rechlicz was at the center of the melee in the third period. According to the Patriot-News, Rechlicz was pissed that Tom Sestito had done something to Hershey goalie Dany Sabourin during warmups on Friday night. Rechlicz wasn't in the lineup on Friday, but he saw the ice on Saturday and wanted to exact revenge.
"He's throwing elbows at guys when I'm not in the lineup," Rechlicz said. "When I am in the lineup, he's quiet as a mouse. I don't want to see any of my guys get hurt. I've got everybody's back in there. Good team effort. We got the win. That's the most important thing."
Rechlicz crushed Sestito with a check late in the third. Sestito exited to the bench for a line change instead of taking an opportunity to fight.
"That's what he does," Rechlicz said. "He runs his mouth and doesn't back anything up. I wasn't too surprised or shocked about it."
This isn't necessarily surprising. Sure, we haven't seen a ton of Sestito this season, but in the limited time we have, we've noticed a lot of the same. He doesn't always seem to be the most willing combatant, but he's always running his mouth on the ice... and on the bench, as 24/7 taught us.
So that's where we pick up at the 2:18 mark of that YouTube video above. Tyler Brown takes a run at Rechlicz, presumably for the hit earlier on Sestito. Andrew Carroll and Brown tried to go but the linesman cut them off, and apparently, while that was being broken up, Sestito chirped Rechlicz, who made his way over to the Adirondack bench.
Sestito threw a punch from the bench, then Rechlicz tried to get on the Phantoms bench and was held back by teammates. Right at the boards though, he was grabbed by Oliver Lauridsen, who pushed about three teammates out of the way to get to the end of the bench and threw at least one punch that can be seen on the video.
Somehow, Lauridsen only picked up a 10-minute misconduct for that. It looked like he threw more punches than Sestito.
Meanwhile, Zach Miskovic dropped the gloves away from the bench with Brandon Manning. Both guys picked up fighting majors, adding to the penalty total. In all, at the 16:30 mark of the period...
3 - ADK Brown, 16:30 - Roughing, 2 min
3 - ADK Brown, 16:30 - Roughing, 2 min
3 - ADK Eddy, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - ADK Eddy, 16:30 - Game misconduct - Secondary altercation, (46.6) 10 min
3 - ADK Lauridsen, 16:30 - Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, (75.4) 10 min
3 - ADK Manning, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - ADK Sestito, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - ADK Sestito, 16:30 - Game misconduct - Fighting off the playing surface, (46.7) 10 min
3 - HER Carroll, 16:30 - Roughing, 2 min
3 - HER Carroll, 16:30 - Roughing, 2 min
3 - HER Miskovic, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - HER Rechlicz, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - HER Rechlicz, 16:30 - Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, (75.4) 10 min
3 - HER Rechlicz, 16:30 - Game misconduct - Continuing altercation, (46.5) 10 min
3 - HER Rechlicz, 16:30 - Game misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, (75.5(i)) 10 min
3 - HER Richmond, 16:30 - Fighting, 5 min
3 - HER Richmond, 16:30 - Game misconduct - Secondary altercation, (46.6) 10 min
Cullen Eddy was thrown out for apparently fighting after already receiving a fighting major on the same play. It's obvious was Sestito was thrown out, just as it is for Rechlicz, who wound up with 35 (!) minutes in penalties in the incident. We suspect there will be more discipline coming down from the AHL this week, too.
Unfortunately, the only news report on the game is from the Hershey side of things, so we don't have much reaction from the Adirondack side. Hopefully Tim McManus can chat with some of the Phantoms this week and get their side of the story, although that's certainly not the same as getting the raw reaction immediately following the game.
Twitter does help us with that other side of the story, though. On Sunday, Manning took to the Internets to call out Rechlicz and his "outrageous antics" from warmups on Saturday night.
Sestito retweeted that while being chirped at by Hershey fans. In response to one of those Hershey fans, who was calling him out for failing to fight Rechlicz -- well, failing to fight him on the ice -- Sestito had this to say for himself:
Sadly, the Bears and Phantoms don't play again until March.
Hat tip to Tim McManus for Tweeting the fight video.
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Well, that was an entertaining. Lol
It’s really too bad some of the Bears fans couldn’t get their asses kicked on the ice as well. Biggest bunch of Band Wagon jumpers in all of Hockey.
Put it too you this way, the so called fans in that building used to wear Flyers jersey’s and now they are all Caps fans. I guess that pretty much fits the Caps fan base to a “T” doesn’t it?
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
So the fact that it is an AHL affiliate and that their parent club has changed makes them bandwagoners? I’ve been to a few games this season and the NHL jerseys are split between Flyers, Caps, and Penguins (with the slight majority being Caps). I think it’s the parent team that is the Band Wagoners. The Hershey locals just support their local team and whichever NHL team is affiliated with them.
Put it to you this way, I work in Harrisburg and most of the Bears fans that I work with were Flyers fans and Bears fans. Now they walk around in Caps Jersey’s saying that they have been Caps fans since birth. Hence, Bandwagon.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
This.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Jan 9, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t live out there so I can’t say first hand but that seems surprising to me. The Bears have been around before the Pens, Flyers and Caps were even a concept. They have self sustained that franchise for decades. They are also the reason there is decent hockey coming out of the greater harrisburg area for decades. I know I hated going up to Hershey they were always tough games against tough farm kids that could skate shoot and hit.
Commenter formerly known as M from Pdaddy, but still just Call Me "M"!
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Hey now, I still wear my Flyers Jersey.
Some guy at PSU Hershey Med Center just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines".
And I applaud you for that. I still do as well. Even though I catch flak for it. ;)
Also, little known fact. Coco the Bear (the one that skates) is a Flyers fan. :)
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
Also the team was known as the Hershey B’ars before they were the bears.
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If they are from Hersey and support their local product and follow their players, why wouldn’t they want to support them when those players make it to the parent club. I have no real problem with that. Also, you aren’t considering the age of the fans. Perhaps most of those Caps jerseys are owned by younger fans.
I think you are reaching mighty far with this one.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Not reaching at all when I see known Flyers fans now wearing Caps gear and screaming that the Flyers suck.
Supporting your local team is one thing, and even supporting a player, but when they sit there and act like they never supported the Flyers it really irritates the shit out of me and I am not the only one.
I have been to a ton of Bears games over the past 15 years and have seen it first hand.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
The loyalty started with Hersey, and it is following Hersey. How is that a problem? I literally have no problem with that. If their 1st team is the Hersey Bears, why not support whoever their affiliate is?
More over, your first team is the Flyers, and I’m assuming you used to cheer for the Bears, but now cheer for the Phantoms; how is that different? I think you are being hypocritical, or at least taking a few instances and using them to paint over too large a segment of the fanbase.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I don’t really cheer for either team, Bears or Phantoms. I am indifferent when it comes to those two teams or any AHL team.
I am a Flyers fan first, I go to Bears games for entertainment (because it’s close to home) I could really care less who wins between the two teams.
I was speaking strictly to the fanbase side of things and what I have seen over the years. Bears fans jump ship from team to team no matter who the affiliate is. I would bet my paycheck that if the Bears changed affiliation to another team tomorrow those same people would be trashing their Caps jersey’s for whatever team the Bears are now with, without even batting an eye. And most of the Caps jersey’s you see are not Bears players that went onto the NHL, they are OV jersey’s.
And the next time that old teams affiliate comes to town, yep, you bet “_______ Suck!” Chant.
There are very few fans left that even remember that the Bears were the Flyers affiliate for a very long time.
It’s a viscous cycle.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
*circle
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
LOL! Damn auto-correct. Sad part is I didn’t even notice it.
I need another cup of coffee.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
And I’m totally fine with that. They support the Bears 1st, and whoever there affiliate is 2nd. They have their priorities and loyalties in order, or so it seems to me.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Right. The question to ask the fan is whether they are an AHL fan first or an NHL fan first.
And even if it is the latter, it’s not bandwagoning. That has to do with a team’s fortunes. In this scenario the new NHL owner could be a lousy team and they would still switch. So it would be turncoating, if anything.
As an aside, one thing I haven’t heard much about is whether a NHL ban on fighting or serious restrictions on hitting would be extended to the minor leagues. My impression is that the extracurriculars are a greater percentage of the draw at AHL/ECHL games and such a move might alienate the fan base. On the other hand, with lower prices it would be easier to draw in test fans from the group that have stayed away from hockey because of the “violence.” Moms and kids, most notably. I think it would make these cities a better answer for the question about which number is greater – hardcore hockey fans who will leave the game vs. potential new fans who refuse to watch now.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 9, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Trust me, he is not.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Jan 9, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
That quote sums up what I think about Sestito. I really don’t like anything about his game, nor do I like what I hear about him from people that watch him constantly up in ADK.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I feel I can’t form an opinion of him since I have not seen him play except for a few “sheltered” minutes per game w/ the Flyers. But you must have seen him play when you went up there. Isn’t he 2nd on the team in goals scored, or something? Plays on the PP and such? I agree that his chirping and goonish behavior is a detriment but there seems to be something of value in his game.
I’m not trying to troll you, just curious as to your opinions about his skating, positioning, scoring, playmaking, backchecking, etc.
He seems lazy, in all areas of the ice, unless the situation in front of him presents the opportunity for a scoring chance or big hit. He coasts, a lot. Granted that’s from a few games of observation (5 AHL games). He also doesn’t fight the fighters, he goes after the other guys, and that was confirmed; he’s a small man in a big man’s body. I also got some information about his attitude and work ethic in the AHL from a reliable source up there, and it was disappointing.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Proof of what Don is saying is two new years eves ago when he was with Springfield he fought little Zac Rinaldo. He even went over to the bench to tape his wrists up before. I’ve seen him chirp guys as he skates to the bench and even take drop his gloves before skating on.
I wanna like him. He is an offensive player for the phantoms and I think maybe he takes that role too seriously when he doesn’t drop the gloves. I don’t know.
by ryan1 on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That’s suppose to say “fake drop his gloves”. Stupid iPhone keyboard
by ryan1 on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
aren’t you all happy Rinaldo made the team over Sestito now?
Following Dan Carcillo where ever he may go
Read, Rinaldo and Sestito Flyercrushes until his return
To be fair, Rinaldo have been alot more disciplined then most people thought. Yes he have a very high amount of PIMs, but alot of that is from fighting
by Anders Jensen on Jan 9, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Point well made, Anders. Zac Rinaldo will never be an all-star but he’s a human buzz saw on the ice and not a total liability. If he keeps his discipline and continues to work on his game, he may well have an NHL career.
That certainly more than you can say for Tom Sestito…
by alaskalovestheflyers on Jan 9, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
meh
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I like the condescending tone of the announcer. Go pound it you boob!
Commenter formerly known as M from Pdaddy, but still just Call Me "M"!
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Doesn’t Tom Sestito remind you a little bit of Sasha Lakovic?
by alaskalovestheflyers on Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM EST reply actions
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