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Brian Idalski
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSt. Cloud State
ConferenceWCHA
Biographical details
Born (1971-01-23) January 23, 1971 (age 53)
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

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

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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

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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

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