Don Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, recently authored a blog post entitled “Body Composition and On-Ice Skate Time in Collegiate Ice Hockey Athletes”. The blog examines the relationship between body composition determined using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and on-ice skate performance. The study included 33 male and female NCAA Division I collegiate ice hockey athletes. The research described in the blog found that total body fat percentage was correlated with on-ice skate times in both male and female collegiate hockey players, showing the importance of body composition and the need for coaches, trainers, and athletes to measure body composition in this sport.