Vinny Saponari

Vinny Saponari (born February 15, 1990 in Powder Springs, Georgia) is an American right winger playing for the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League.

He played for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program from 2006 to 2008. He then joined the Boston University Terriers and played there for two seasons. In 2010 he was thrown out of the school for an alcohol-related inffraction.

Saponari then joined the junior Dubuque team.

He was chosen 94th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.