The boys' hockey tournament, Minnesota's biggest high school sporting event, opens this week in St. Paul. The tournament comes two weeks after the (first) girls' hockey tournament, and the constrast could not be more striking. No body checking is allowed in the girls' tournament. Boys, on the other hand can use their body anywhere on the rink to slam into whomever has the puck. Rink-wide checking has been the rule in boys' hockey for 25 years. Checking is popular with fans, but critics say it should be banned because of the rising rate of injury. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. Nineteen year old Ben Peyton from Edina remembers seeing his teammate pass the puck to him. tape . . . and as i was looking back, i to