Badda Bing! Vito from 'The Sopranos' Scores Twice from Center Ice - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Joe Gannascoli waddled into pop culture history for his role as Vito Spatafore on "The Sopranos," playing a mob henchman who happened to be a closeted homosexual. The scenes where Meadow Soprano's boyfriend found Vito in a compromising position with a construction site security guard, and when two mobsters found a leather-clad Vito at an S&M club, were among the classic series' squirmiest; his demise was one of the more violent moments.

Gannascoli is also a huge sports fan, dying his dog blue to support the Giants and supporting New York's hockey teams, including having conducted interviews with Islanders greats like Kenny Morrow. Last night in Chicago, during the Blackhawks' 6-2 win over the Red Wings, Gannascoli came out on the ice for one of those between-periods carnival games: Shooting a puck from center ice into a small opening in the middle of the net down the ice. From MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning, here's what happened:



The "Score-o" double whammy from center ice is a rare and impressive athletic feat. That first one's for Vito; that second one's all for you, Johnny Cakes...