Brian Idalski
Brian Idalski is an American ice hockey coach, currently serving as the head coach for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League. 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 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.