I am sure I know of the play that Zach supposedly dived on and it would be tough not to fall down when somebody tackles you by the head. Zach was closing on the puck in the gophers zone, being who he is, would have had a good chance to make something happen and even a biased gopher fan couldn't argue that. He is a player of great character and would take the opportunity rather than a penalty any day. Zach goes down easier than some players because he is smaller, but also because he always has the puck and defencemen get desparate and do whatever it takes to bring him down.
In addition, I used to think highly of Vanek even though he was a gopher. After seeing him lolly gag around and cheap shot left and right I was disturbed. After the second period, I talked to a random gopher fan that said he was a "disgrace to the program the way he was playing suchole, cheapshot, lazy and will eventually cost them an important game", If life has a way of balancing out, he could be right. Vanek dominated in the champ game last year and could wind up costing them dearly against a Duluth tyype team in the NCAA's.
If Vanek plays like this in the pros he will get killed. (by his own coach/team)