{"id":128390,"date":"2021-05-06T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=128390"},"modified":"2021-07-16T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:53:09","slug":"st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas women’s hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Tom Palkowski completed his 14th season as St. Thomas women’s coach in 2020-21 (photo: St. Thomas Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women’s hockey coach for the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n

Palkowski, who spent nine seasons as an assistant at St. Thomas, recently finished his 14th season as head coach. He has coached 33 years overall.<\/p>\n

During the 2020-21 season, St. Thomas finished 6-2-0. Overall, the Tommies were 220-99-40 in Palkowski’s tenure.<\/p>\n

Assistant coach Marty Sertich will serve in an interim capacity while a national search for the next head coach is conducted. This search will begin immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women’s hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine seasons as an assistant at St. Thomas, recently finished his 14th season as head coach. He has coached 33 years overall. During the 2020-21 season, St. Thomas finished 6-2-0. Overall, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":128391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[819,825],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSt. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-07T00:15:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-16T17:53:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"933\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"452\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"USCHO Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uscho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"USCHO Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/\",\"name\":\"St. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-07T00:15:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-16T17:53:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d63d952cbce5030e3de41f9b5d221a8\"},\"description\":\"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg\",\"width\":933,\"height\":452,\"caption\":\"Tom Palkowski completed his 14th season as St. Thomas women's coach in 2020-21 (photo: St. Thomas Athletics).\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"St. Thomas women’s hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/\",\"name\":\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"description\":\"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d63d952cbce5030e3de41f9b5d221a8\",\"name\":\"USCHO Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/9ee62a6a6c16d3fd15c646d7b1b6fa5a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30a8e93e23afaa5e51a2c1c4738dd51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30a8e93e23afaa5e51a2c1c4738dd51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"USCHO Staff\"},\"description\":\"Contact USCHO editors at editstaff@uscho.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/@uscho\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/author\/uschostaffreport\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"St. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"St. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com","og_description":"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390","og_site_name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO","article_published_time":"2021-05-07T00:15:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-16T17:53:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":933,"height":452,"url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"USCHO Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uscho","twitter_site":"@USCHO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"USCHO Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/","name":"St. Thomas women's hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach - College Hockey | USCHO.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-07T00:15:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-16T17:53:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d63d952cbce5030e3de41f9b5d221a8"},"description":"St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women's hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/palkowski_stthomas.jpg","width":933,"height":452,"caption":"Tom Palkowski completed his 14th season as St. Thomas women's coach in 2020-21 (photo: St. Thomas Athletics)."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/05\/06\/st-thomas-womens-hockey-coach-palkowski-out-after-14-seasons-assistant-sertich-named-interim-coach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"St. Thomas women’s hockey coach Palkowski out after 14 seasons; assistant Sertich named interim coach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/","name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d63d952cbce5030e3de41f9b5d221a8","name":"USCHO Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/9ee62a6a6c16d3fd15c646d7b1b6fa5a","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30a8e93e23afaa5e51a2c1c4738dd51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30a8e93e23afaa5e51a2c1c4738dd51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"USCHO Staff"},"description":"Contact USCHO editors at editstaff@uscho.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO","https:\/\/x.com\/@uscho"],"url":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/author\/uschostaffreport\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128392,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390\/revisions\/128392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128390"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=128390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}