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AHL Enforcers Take Fight to Twitter: Liam O’Brien Tells Tom Sestito to ‘Take the Rocks Out of His Head’

By Chris Cerullo

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May 10, 2016 2:02 am

Photo: Kyle Mace

The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins are currently engaged in a brutal playoff series, which has featured multiple head shots and two suspensions. Meanwhile, in the American Hockey League, the two organizations’ farm teams are playing each other and things have gotten feisty as well.

Monday during Game Four, Hershey Bears and WBS Penguins players almost brawled during warm-ups, trash talking each other at center ice. According to Chocolate Hockey’s Kyle Mace, Penguins’ forward Tom Sestito tripped Liam O’Brien, looking for a fight. After the game, the rivalry spilled onto social media, with O’Brien verbally eviscerating Sestito on Twitter.

“To be honest, like I don’t even know what happened,” Sestito said to Russ Hryvnak after the game. “O’Brien’s coming and chirping. I just let him know I was there. The guy’s a coward. He runs a big game when I’m not here. He just doesn’t step up to the bout. I had respect for him. I have zero respect for him [now].”

O’Brien responded to the video on Twitter, calling Sestito “stupid.”

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Sestito responded in kind.

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And it just got worse from there.

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Later, Sestito retweeted this image.

Both of these players have history.

In a mid-March regular season game, O’Brien and Sestito dropped the gloves off an opening face-off. O’Brien got the better of the fight, but slipped when he went for a takedown. Sestito preceded to punch O’Brien while he laid helpless on the ice.

To show his appreciation, O’Brien celebrated as he skated to the penalty box, throwing rock hands into the air.

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Photo: Kyle Mace

Earlier in the series, O’Brien was suspended after a late hit in Game One.

In Game Four, Sesito returned from a call-up to Pittsburgh and things came to a head.

Additional reporting by Ian Oland.

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