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<p>Tom Sestito was enjoying a career year in the NHL with Vancouver during the 2013-14 season, even earning his way onto the team&#8217;s power play.</p><p>The experiment with using the 6-5 Sestito in front of the net with the man advantage went well, but it came to an abrupt end when he was suspended and never got the chance again.</p><p>&#8220;That was a tough suspension,&#8221; Sestito said.</p><p>Now, it appears that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli is ready to give Sestito another shot on the power play. This week Donatelli said he likes the idea of Sestito in front of the net with the man-advantage.</p><p>And Sestito is ready to make the idea work.</p><p>&#8220;A lot of teams do it &#8212; put a big body there that&#8217;s tough to move and creates havoc,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You take a beating there and some guys don&#8217;t like going there, but I think it&#8217;s the best place to go. You know the puck is going there eventually.&#8221;</p><p>Donatelli said he watched tape of Sestito on the power play in Vancouver and liked what he saw. Not only does he intend to use Sestito&#8217;s size in front of the net, but he added there is a playmaking component as well.</p><p>&#8220;(Sestito) has a good stick. He can make plays down low and recover pucks with his reach,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;He&#8217;s done this before. It&#8217;s not foreign to him.&#8221;</p><p>Another new face on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton power play will be defenseman Clark Seymour, who will fill the void left by Derrick Pouliot&#8217;s move to Pittsburgh. Like Sestito, Seymour is no stranger to the power play. Donatelli relied on him to run one of the power play units in Wheeling earlier this season.</p><p>&#8220;He has a good shot and knows how to get it through,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t establish the shot, you don&#8217;t get the box moving.&#8221;</p><p>During Tuesday&#8217;s practice at the Toyota Sportsplex, Seymour worked with the power-play units and said he&#8217;s excited for the chance.</p><p>&#8220;I think (Donatelli) trusts me to get simple shots to the net and create rebounds,&#8221; Seymour said. &#8220;I always try to focus on my defensive game, but I think it&#8217;s important for a guy like me to create some offense. If you get the puck in the forwards hands they can do their job, but every now and then it&#8217;s nice to create some offense.&#8221;</p><p><strong>NOTES</strong></p><p>Donatelli said D Tim Erixon is still day-to-day and should resume skating in the near future. D Barry Goers has skated twice and Donatelli said there&#8217;s a chance he could return before the end of the season.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Tom Sestito is getting a shot on the power play with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_Sestito-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Tom Sestito is getting a shot on the power play with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TLTomVenesky</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Penguins tough guy Sestito ready for opportunity on the power play