Martin Chabada has played for both Luleå and Sparta Prague. Source.
Sparta Prague visit Luleå HF in Champions Hockey League group stage action. Luleå are here by virtue of having finished second on the SHL last season. Sparta were third in the Czech league.
Luleå is the northernmost city with a team in the SHL, situated at 65° 35′ 4″ N, about one degree south of the Arctic Circle. But it's not the northernmost Swedish town with a hockey team. Boden and Kalix of Hockeyettan are further north, and Kiruna AIF and Kiruna IF are way further north.
Luleå is a steel town, connected by rail to the massive iron ore deposit at Kiruna. In addition Facebook maintains a huge server farm in Luleå.
I covered Luleå's Championship Hockey League history up to November 2019 here. Since that time they have put up these results:
2019-20 (continued)
16 2019/11/12 SC Bern 0 - 3 Luleå
16 2019/11/19 Luleå 4 - 2 SC Bern
QF 2019/12/3 Lausanne HC 1 - 2 Luleå
QF 2019/12/10 Luleå 5 - 2 Lausanne HC
SF 2020/1/7 Frölunda 2 - 3 Luleå
SF 2020/1/14 Luleå 1 - 3 Frölunda
2020-21
Luleå were to have played in the cancelled 2020-21 Champions Hockey league.
Luleå versus Sparta Prague previously:
2011/8/13 Luleå 1 - 2 Sparta Prague European Trophy, North Div
2011/8/14 Luleå 2 - 1 Sparta Prague European Trophy, North Div
(Source: Hockey Archives and its annual lists of "matches et tournois amicaux internationaux entre clubs".)
2022/9/4 Sparta Prague 2 - 3 Luleå CHL group stage
2022/9/11 Luleå [5 - 2] Sparta Prague CHL group stage
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