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

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.

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. The team qualified as the national host country.

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

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (NCHA) (2001–2006)
2001–02Wisconsin–Stevens Point26–1–015–1–01st
2002–03Wisconsin–Stevens Point20–5–212–3–12nd
2003–04Wisconsin–Stevens Point19–7–411–4–0t-2nd
2004–05Wisconsin–Stevens Point22–3–19–0–11st
2005–06Wisconsin–Stevens Point21–5–411–1–31st
Wisconsin–Stevens Point:108–21–1158–9–6
North Dakota (WCHA) (2007–2017)
2007–08North Dakota4–26–64–20–47th
2008–09North Dakota13–19–49–16–3T-5th
2009–10North Dakota8–22–47–19–28th
2010–11North Dakota20–13–316–10–24th
2011–12North Dakota22–12–316–9–33rdNCAA first round
2012–13North Dakota26–12–118–9–12ndNCAA first round
2013–14North Dakota20–12–414–10–43rd
2014–15North Dakota22–12–316–9–33rd
2015–16North Dakota18–12–513–10–54th
2016–17North Dakota16–16–611–12–54th
North Dakota:169–156–39124–124–32
KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL) (2019–2022)
2019–20KRS Vanke Rays20–5–21stchampion
2020–21KRS Vanke Rays24–2–21strunner-up
2021–22KRS Vanke Rays24–6–42ndchampion
KRS Vanke Rays:68–13–8
St. Cloud State (WCHA) (2022–2025)
2022–23St. Cloud State18–18–15th
2023–24St. Cloud State17–17–25th
2024–25St. Cloud State15–15–65th
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

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Preceded byJason LestebergWisconsin–Stevens Point Women's Head Coach 2001–2006Succeeded byAnn Ninnemann
Preceded byDennis Miller (interim)North Dakota Women's Head Coach 2007–2017Program cut