Ryan Vinz (born August 30, 1985) is an American video technician, best known for his one-game "cup of coffee" on the active roster of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.
The team did not have enough time to activate Halak or to call up third-string goalie Matt Hackett from the Rochester Americans.
The Sabres had used two other backup goaltenders in practices a few days prior because of Miller and Enroth's participation in the Olympics, but were also unable to use either of them, since both were under 22 years old and would have had to enter the NHL Draft (something that Vinz, age 28 at the time, was exempt from having to do).
The team then found Vinz, who happened to be attending the game that night with his brother, and signed him to an emergency one-day contract.
He became the ninth player in Sabres history to dress for a regular-season game but never take the ice for the team (Halak would become the tenth a few days later).