Brian Idalski

Brian Idalski (born January 23, 1971) is an American ice hockey coach, currently serving as the head coach for PWHL Vancouver of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). He previously served as the head coach for North Dakota and St. Cloud State.^[1]

Brian Idalski

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	PWHL Vancouver
Biographical details
Born	(1971-01-23) January 23, 1971 (age 54) 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
2022–2025	St. Cloud State
2025–present	PWHL Vancouver

Career

In April 2007, he was named head coach of University of North Dakota women's ice hockey, a position he held for ten years.^[2]

He was head coach of the Chinese women's team the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) from 2019 to 2022, twice winning the ZhHL Championship with the team. Idalski also served as 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]

On June 23, 2025, Idalski was named the inaugural head coach for PWHL Vancouver.^[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (NCHA) (2001–2006)
2001–02	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	26–1–0	15–1–0	1st
2002–03	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	20–5–2	12–3–1	2nd
2003–04	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	19–7–4	11–4–0	t-2nd
2004–05	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	22–3–1	9–0–1	1st
2005–06	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	21–5–4	11–1–3	1st
Wisconsin–Stevens Point:		108–21–11	58–9–6
North Dakota (WCHA) (2007–2017)
2007–08	North Dakota	4–26–6	4–20–4	7th
2008–09	North Dakota	13–19–4	9–16–3	T-5th
2009–10	North Dakota	8–22–4	7–19–2	8th
2010–11	North Dakota	20–13–3	16–10–2	4th
2011–12	North Dakota	22–12–3	16–9–3	3rd	NCAA first round
2012–13	North Dakota	26–12–1	18–9–1	2nd	NCAA first round
2013–14	North Dakota	20–12–4	14–10–4	3rd
2014–15	North Dakota	22–12–3	16–9–3	3rd
2015–16	North Dakota	18–12–5	13–10–5	4th
2016–17	North Dakota	16–16–6	11–12–5	4th
North Dakota:		169–156–39	124–124–32
KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL) (2019–2022)
2019–20	KRS Vanke Rays	20–5–2		1st	champion
2020–21	KRS Vanke Rays	24–2–2		1st	runner-up
2021–22	KRS Vanke Rays	24–6–4		2nd	champion
KRS Vanke Rays:		68–13–8
St. Cloud State (WCHA) (2022–2025)
2022–23	St. Cloud State	18–18–1		5th
2023–24	St. Cloud State	17–17–2		5th
2024–25	St. Cloud State	15–15–6		5th
St. Cloud State:		50–50–9
Total:		395–240–67
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