The Fighting Sioux are a physical team; always have been and always will be, I hope. They are a TEAM.
They are the team to beat year in and year out, regardless of the numbers in the w/l column. Every team in the WCHA knows if you cheap shot a Fighting Sioux hockey player, you're going to pay. Right or wrong, when you take that shot, you're doing it to the team not to an individual. When the Sioux hit the ice, they have a big target on their back. This year more than ever the only way to try to beat them is to have them play short handed.
Call them goons or thugs, I call them a team. You want a game without getting your's handed to you on a platter, play nice.