Brian Idalski (born January 23, 1971) is an American

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

coach, currently serving as head coach of the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program in the

Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...

(WCHA) conference of the

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. He served as head coach of the Chinese women's team the

Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays The Shenzhen Kunlun Red Star () or the Shenzhen KRS () are a professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They are based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China and their home is Shenzhen Dayun Arena. In response to heightened ent ...

in the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; russian: Женская хоккейная лига, translit=Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga, translation=Women's Hockey League), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey leagu ...

(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 The North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's ice hockey team was the college ice hockey team at the Grand Forks campus of the University of North Dakota. They were members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and competed in National Col ...

team for ten seasons. 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 The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

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. The team qualified as the national host country.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Brian Idalski bio at fightingsioux.com
1971 births Living people Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers men's ice hockey players Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers men's ice hockey coaches Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers women's ice hockey coaches St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey coaches North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey coaches St. Louis Vipers players Madison Monsters players Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL) players American men's ice hockey defensemen American ice hockey coaches American expatriate ice hockey people in China American expatriate ice hockey people in Russia {{NorthDakota-stub