- Raoul Le Mat
Raoul Le Mat was an American
film director , most famous for introducingice hockey inSweden .cite web | title=A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Le | publisher=AZhockey.com | url=http://www.azhockey.com/Le.htm | accessdate=2007-03-17]Together with
Ernest Viberg andThomas Cahill , Le Mat introduced ice hockey in Sweden, and coached the Swedish national team in their first international tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp ,Belgium . He was also a founding member of theSwedish Ice Hockey Association . When the first Swedish Championship in ice hockey was played in 1922, Le Mat refereed the final game.cite web | title=Nu börjar jakten på Le Mat | publisher=Hockeyligan.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/rinkside.php?nid=10958 | accessdate=2007-03-17]The Swedish
Elitserien Le Mat Trophy is named after Le Mat and was donated by him, with the monetary support ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer , in 1926.References
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