Raoul Le Mat was an American film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 coach, most famous for introducing ice hockey in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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Together with Ernest Viberg and Thomas Cahill

Thomas Cahill (soccer)

Thomas W. Cahill was an Irish American athlete, coach and businessman who was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States.-Early life:...

, Le Mat introduced ice hockey in Sweden, and coached the Swedish national team

Swedish national men's ice hockey team

The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...

 in their first international tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. All matches took place in the Palais de Glace d'Anvers . The rink measured 56 to 18 meters . All games were played with seven players on each side,...

 in Antwerp, Belgium

Belgium

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. He was also a founding member of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association

Swedish Ice Hockey Association

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities....

. When the first Swedish Championship in ice hockey was played in 1922, Le Mat refereed the final game.

The Swedish Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 Le Mat Trophy

Le Mat Trophy

The Le Mat is the championship trophy of Elitserien, the major professional ice hockey league in Sweden.The Le Mat is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in Sweden. The trophy was donated by the founding father of ice hockey in Sweden, Raoul Le Mat, and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...

 is named after Le Mat and was donated by him, with the monetary support of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

, in 1926.