Brian Idalski

Brian Idalski
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	St. Cloud State
Conference	WCHA
Biographical details
Born	January 23, 1971 (age 53); Warren, Michigan, United States
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL) (asst)
2000–2001	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (men's asst)
2001–2006	Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2006–2007	St. Cloud State (asst)
2007–2017	North Dakota
2019–2022	Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
2021–2022	China women's national team
2022–	St. Cloud State

Brian Idalski (born January 23, 1971) is an American ice hockey coach, currently serving as head coach of the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

Career

In April 2007, he was named head coach of University of North Dakota women's ice hockey.^[1]

He served as head coach of the Chinese women's team the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) during 2019 to 2022, twice winning the ZhHL Championship with the team, and was the head coach of the now-defunct North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey team for ten seasons.^[2]

Idalski was head coach of the Chinese women's national team that participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.^[3] The team qualified as the national host country.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (NCHA) (2001–2006)
2001–2002	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	26–1–0	15–1–0	1st	NCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions
2002–2003	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	20–5–2	12–3–1	2nd	NCHA Playoff Runner-Up
2003–2004	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	19–7–4	11–4–0	t-2nd	NCHA Playoff Champions, NCAA Runner-Up
2004–2005	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	22–3–1	9–0–1	1st	NCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions, NCAA Quarterfinals
2005–2006	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	21–5–4	11–1–3	1st	NCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions, NCAA Third Place
Wisconsin–Stevens Point:		108–21–11	58–9–6
North Dakota (WCHA) (2007–present)
2007–2008	North Dakota	4–26–6	4–20–4	7th
2008–2009	North Dakota	13–19–4	9–16–3	T-5th
2009–2010	North Dakota	8–22–4	7–19–2	8th
2010–2011	North Dakota	20–13–3	16–10–2	4th
2011–2012	North Dakota	22–12–3	16–9–3	3rd	NCAA First Round
2012–2013	North Dakota	26–12–1	18–9–1	2nd	WCHA Tournament Runner-up, NCAA First Round
2013–2014	North Dakota	20–12–4	14–10–4	3rd	WCHA Tournament Runner-up
2014–2015	North Dakota	22–12–3	16–9–3	3rd
2015–2016	North Dakota	18–12–5	13–10–5	4th
2016–2017	North Dakota	16–16–6	11–12–5	4th
North Dakota:		169–156–39	124–124–32
Total:		277–177–50
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "Brian Idalski named UND head women's hockey coach". April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
^ "Kunlun Red Stars Vanke Rays officially joining the Russian Women's Hockey League". The Ice Garden. July 25, 2019.
^ "Former UND coaches Brian Idalski and Max Markowitz leading Chinese Olympic Team". Grand Forks Herald. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ Keating, Steve (February 3, 2022). "Ice hockey-Czechs spoil China's party, U.S. cruise in opener". Reuters. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

External links

Brian Idalski bio at undsports.com

Preceded by Jason Lesteberg	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Women's Head Coach 2001–2006	Succeeded by Ann Ninnemann
Preceded by Dennis Miller (interim)	North Dakota Women's Head Coach 2007–2017	Program cut

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[1] "Brian Idalski named UND head women's hockey coach". April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.

[2] "Kunlun Red Stars Vanke Rays officially joining the Russian Women's Hockey League". The Ice Garden. July 25, 2019.

[3] "Former UND coaches Brian Idalski and Max Markowitz leading Chinese Olympic Team". Grand Forks Herald. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[4] Keating, Steve (February 3, 2022). "Ice hockey-Czechs spoil China's party, U.S. cruise in opener". Reuters. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

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v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey
Venues	Ralph Engelstad Arena (2002–2017)
Coaches	Shantel Rivard (2002–06) Dennis Miller (interim; 2006–07) Brian Idalski (2007–2017)
Olympians	Tanja Eisenschmid Susanne Fellner Michelle Karvinen Anna Kilponen Rebekah Kolstad Jocelyne Lamoureux Monique Lamoureux Emma Nuutinen Vilma Tanskanen Susanna Tapani
Seasons	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

v t e St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey
Playing venues	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (1989–present)
Head coaches	Brian Idalski (2022– )
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN