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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Neil Graham
| team = [[Idaho Steelheads]]
| league = [[ECHL]]
| prospect_team = 
| prospect_league = 
| former_teams = [[South Carolina Stingrays]]<br>[[Greenville Road Warriors]]<br>[[Augusta RiverHawks]] ([[SPHL]])
| image = 
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|4|21}}
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta|AB]], [[Canada|CAN]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 185
| shoots = Left 
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2010
| career_end = 2013
}}
'''Neil Graham''' (born April 21, 1985) is a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] coach and former player who is the current head coach of the ECHL Idaho Steelheads. Graham played for the Steelheads, Greenville Road Warriors, and South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL and Augusta RiverHawks in the SPHL. Graham recorded 54 and 43 point seasons with the Riverhawks and served as assistant coach with [[Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey|Mercyhurst]], where he played [[NCAA]] hockey.

On October 11, 2012, Graham was among forwards named to the Steelheads opening day roster.<ref>[http://www.idahosteelheads.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=1769 {{deadlink|date=October 2017}}]</ref> Graham retired as a player during the [[2012–13 ECHL season|2012–13 season]] and became an assistant coach for the Steelheads. On August 7, 2015, he was named the team's head coach, succeeding [[Brad Ralph]], who left the team to take the head coaching position with the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] [[Kelowna Rockets]]. Graham is the first Steelheads head coach who played for the team.

Upon his hire, the 30-year-old Graham became the youngest head coach in Steelheads history and the youngest head coach in the ECHL.<ref name="graham">[http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/07/3928661_steelheads-promote-assistant-coach.html "Steelheads promote assistant coach, former player Neil Graham to head coach"], ''[[Idaho Statesman]]'', August 7, 2015. (accessed 7 August 2015){{deadlink|date=October 2017}} </ref>

==Awards and honours==
*2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge <ref>[http://hurstathletics.com/news/2010/4/1/MHOCK_0401105818.aspx]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{hockeydb|93093|Neil Graham}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
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[[Category:Augusta RiverHawks players]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey centres]]
[[Category:ECHL coaches]]
[[Category:Greenville Road Warriors players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta]]
[[Category:Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players]]
[[Category:Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey players]]
[[Category:South Carolina Stingrays players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Calgary]]

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