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[[File:Raoul Le Mat.jpg|thumb|right|185px|Le Mat at the 1920 Olympics.]]
'''Raoul Le Mat''' (September 3, 1875 – February 15, 1947<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=58215 |title=Raoul Le Mat |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |work=Filmdatabasen |language=Swedish |accessdate=January 17, 2009}}</ref>) was an American film director and [[ice hockey]] coach, most famous for introducing ice hockey in [[Sweden]].<ref name="AZ">{{cite web | title=A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey – Le | publisher=AZhockey.com | url=http://www.azhockey.com/Le.htm | accessdate=March 17, 2007}}</ref>

Together with Ernest Viberg and Thomas Cahill, Le Mat introduced ice hockey in Sweden, and coached the [[Swedish National Team]] in their first international tournament at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] in Antwerp, Belgium. He was also a founding member of the [[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]].<ref name="AZ"/> When the first Swedish Championship in ice hockey was played in 1922, Le Mat refereed the final game.<ref name="History">{{cite web | title=Nu börjar jakten på Le Mat | publisher=Hockeyligan.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/rinkside.php?nid=10958 | accessdate=March 17, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070321103244/http://www.hockeyligan.se/rinkside.php?nid=10958  |archivedate = March 21, 2007}}</ref>

The Swedish [[Swedish Hockey League|Elitserien]] [[Le Mat Trophy]] is named after Le Mat and was donated by him, with the monetary support of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in 1926.<ref name="History"/>

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