Brian Idalski

Brian Idalski
Idalski in 2017
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamSyracuse
ConferenceAHA
Record0–0–0
Biographical details
Born (1971-01-23) January 23, 1971
Warren, Michigan, United States
EducationUniversity 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
2022–2025St. Cloud State
2025–2026Vancouver Goldeneyes
2026–Syracuse

Brian Idalski (born January 23, 1971) is an American ice hockey coach who is currently the head coach of the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey team. He previously served as the head coach for North Dakota and St. Cloud State.[1]

Career

In April 2007, he was named head coach of the University of North Dakota women's ice hockey team, 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]

Idalski was hired as the head coach of the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey team in April 2022.[5]

On June 23, 2025, Idalski was named the inaugural head coach for the Vancouver Goldeneyes and was fired following the conclusion of the 2025–26 PWHL season.[6][7]

Idalski was announced as the head coach of the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey team on July 14, 2026.[8]

Head coaching record

Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (NCHA) (2001–2006)
2001–02 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 26–1–015–1–01st
2002–03 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 20–5–212–3–12nd
2003–04 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 19–7–411–4–0t-2nd
2004–05 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 22–3–19–0–11st
2005–06 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 21–5–411–1–31st
Wisconsin–Stevens Point: 108–21–1158–9–6
North Dakota (WCHA) (2007–2017)
2007–08 North Dakota 4–26–64–20–47th
2008–09 North Dakota 13–19–49–16–3T-5th
2009–10 North Dakota 8–22–47–19–28th
2010–11 North Dakota 20–13–316–10–24th
2011–12 North Dakota 22–12–316–9–33rdNCAA first round
2012–13 North Dakota 26–12–118–9–12ndNCAA first round
2013–14 North Dakota 20–12–414–10–43rd
2014–15 North Dakota 22–12–316–9–33rd
2015–16 North Dakota 18–12–513–10–54th
2016–17 North Dakota 16–16–611–12–54th
North Dakota: 169–156–39124–124–32
KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL) (2019–2022)
2019–20 KRS Vanke Rays 20–5–21stchampion
2020–21 KRS Vanke Rays 24–2–21strunner-up
2021–22 KRS Vanke Rays 24–6–42ndchampion
KRS Vanke Rays: 68–13–8
St. Cloud State (WCHA) (2022–2025)
2022–23 St. Cloud State 18–18–15th
2023–24 St. Cloud State 17–17–25th
2024–25 St. Cloud State 15–15–65th
St. Cloud State: 50–50–9
Vancouver Goldeneyes (PWHL) (2025–2026)
2025–26 Vancouver Goldeneyes 9-3-4-14 (W-OTW-OTL-L)6th
Total:407–258–67

      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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PWHL Vancouver Announces Brian Idalski as Head Coach". The Ice Garden. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Brian Idalski named UND head women's hockey coach". April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  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.
  5. ↑ Schlossman, Brad (May 19, 2022). "St. Cloud State names Brian Idalski head women's hockey coach". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ "PWHL Vancouver names Brian Idalski as first ever head coach". thepwhl.com. June 23, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Vancouver Goldeneyes Announce Change at Head Coach Position". thepwhl.com. June 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ Schlossman, Brad (July 14, 2026). "Brian Idalski named head coach at Syracuse". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
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