Brian Idalski

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. 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.[1]

Brian Idalski
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSt. Cloud State
ConferenceWCHA
Biographical details
Born (1971-01-23) January 23, 1971
Warren, Michigan, United States
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL) (asst)
2000–2001Wisconsin–Stevens Point (men's asst)
2001–2006Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2006–2007St. Cloud State (asst)
2007–2017North Dakota
2019–2022Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
2021–2022China women's national team
2022–St. Cloud State

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.[2] The team qualified as the national host country.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (NCHA) (2001–2006)
2001–2002 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 26–1–015–1–01stNCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions
2002–2003 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 20–5–212–3–12ndNCHA Playoff Runner-Up
2003–2004 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 19–7–411–4–0t-2ndNCHA Playoff Champions, NCAA Runner-Up
2004–2005 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 22–3–19–0–11stNCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions, NCAA Quarterfinals
2005–2006 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 21–5–411–1–31stNCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champions, NCAA Third Place
Wisconsin–Stevens Point: 108–21–1158–9–6
North Dakota (WCHA) (2007–present)
2007–2008 North Dakota 4–26–64–20–47th
2008–2009 North Dakota 13–19–49–16–3T-5th
2009–2010 North Dakota 8–22–47–19–28th
2010–2011 North Dakota 20–13–316–10–24th
2011–2012 North Dakota 22–12–316–9–33rdNCAA First Round
2012–2013 North Dakota 26–12–118–9–12ndWCHA Tournament Runner-up, NCAA First Round
2013–2014 North Dakota 20–12–414–10–43rdWCHA Tournament Runner-up
2014–2015 North Dakota 22–12–316–9–33rd
2015–2016 North Dakota 18–12–513–10–54th
2016–2017 North Dakota 16–16–611–12–54th
North Dakota: 169–156–39124–124–32
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
  1. "Kunlun Red Stars Vanke Rays officially joining the Russian Women's Hockey League". The Ice Garden. 25 July 2019.
  2. "Former UND coaches Brian Idalski and Max Markowitz leading Chinese Olympic Team". Grand Forks Herald. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. Keating, Steve (2022-02-03). "Ice hockey-Czechs spoil China's party, U.S. cruise in opener". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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