New research is looking to help current and future female hockey players hit their highest potential by examining how athletes in the Professional Women’s Hockey League sweat.

Under the study by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute about 100 PWHL players — including athletes from each of the four Canadian teams — will be tested to see how much they sweat during practices and games, and how much salt is in that sweat.

Each player will receive their individual results, and can use that data to fine-tune how they hydrate this season, said exercise physiologist Dr. Lawrence Spriet, who’s leading the study.

“The analogy I often use is that no player in ice hockey would go on the ice if their skates were not sharpened the way they like, or they didn’t have a stick they liked, or their equipm

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