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UW-Stevens Point's Idalski Named
2005 Women's NCHA Coach of the Year

Feb. 28, 2005

UW-Stevens Point's Brian Idalski helped lead his team to the school's second NCHA regular season championship and third playoff title and has been named the league's 2005 Coach of the Year.

The Pointers finished the 2005 season with a 9-0-1 NCHA record. UWSP finished the regular season with a 20-2-1 overall record and were consistently ranked in the top five in NCAA Div. III hockey this year. UWSP also won the NCHA regular season title in 2002 and has won NCHA playoff titles in 2002 and 2004. Idalski was named the NCHA Coach of the Year in 2002. He has an 85-15-7 overall record in four seasons at UWSP. The Pointers finished second in the NCAA Div. III Championships in 2004.

He has strong ties to both UWSP and the NCHA. He was a four-year letterwinner and assistant coach with the men’s team. Idalski was a member of the Pointers’ NCAA Div. III runner-up team in 1992 and was a sophomore on the team’s 1993 Div. III National Championship winning squad. He played 97 career games as a defenseman, posting five goals and 20 assists.

The award is voted on by league coaches.

NCHA Coach of the Year

Year Coach
2005 Brian Idalski, UW-Stevens Point
2004 Dan Laughlin, UW-Superior
2003 Joe Cranston, UW-River Falls
2002 Brian Idalski, UW-Stevens Point
2001 Jason Lesteberg, UW-Stevens Point

 

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