The 2024–25 Mestis season is the 25th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participates in the league and each will play 49 games during the regular season.

The regular season is followed by playoffs, promotion and relegation series. The winner of the playoffs will be declared the Champion of Mestis and will participate in the promotion series to Liiga. Those teams finishing ninth and tenth will play a series to avoid relegation to Suomi-Sarja.[1]

Clubs

Updated 16 September 2024.

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Finland Simo Liukka[2] 27.10.2024
Finland Juha-Matti Kemppainen
Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Finland Antti Halonen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, - 1966 Finland Simo Karjalainen[3] 25.2.2025
Finland Toni Ruotsalainen
Jokerit Helsinki Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 1967 Finland Tero Määttä[4] 16.9.2024
Finland Risto Dufva
JoKP Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Finland Kasper Vuorinen[5] 9.2.2025
Finland Mikko Rämö
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957 Finland Janne Tuunanen
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Finland Niko Raiskio
Kiekko-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 3,700 1994 Finland Jani Manninen
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Finland Sakari Salmela[6] 26.9.2024
Finland Mikko Sirento-Manninen
TUTO Hockey Turku Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 1929 Finland Jonne Virtanen[7] 14.1.2025
Finland Samuli Marjeta


Team changes

The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season:

To Mestis

Promoted from Suomi-sarja

  • None

Relegated from Liiga

  • None as Liiga is closed[8]

From Mestis

Promoted to Liiga

Relegated to Suomi-sarja

Other

Regular season

The regular season consists of 49 matches.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Jokerit 49 32 7 3 7 178 72 +106 113 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 IPK 49 20 8 7 14 153 130 +23 83
3 Ketterä 49 20 9 3 17 145 125 +20 81
4 JoKP 49 19 2 11 17 130 147 −17 72
5 Hermes 49 22 1 4 22 135 164 −29 72
6 K-Vantaa 49 18 4 8 19 154 150 +4 70
7 RoKi 49 20 3 2 24 116 136 −20 68
8 TUTO Hockey* 49 19 4 6 20 147 142 +5 65
9 KeuPa HT 49 15 5 1 28 110 137 −27 56 Advance to Relegation series
10 Hokki 49 13 4 2 30 108 173 −65 49
Source: Mestis

Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes
* = TUTO Hockey has been deducted 6 points[10]

Playoffs

Playoffs are being played in three stages. Quarter-Finals is a best-of-5 series, with the semifinals and the finals being a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the first two stages, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the quarter-finals and the semifinals faces the worst team in the corresponding stage. The bronze medal will be decided in a single game.[1]

Bracket

Quarter-finals (best-of-5) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
         
1 Jokerit 3
8 TUTO Hockey 0
1 Jokerit 4
4 K-Vantaa 1
2 IPK 3
7 RoKi 1
1 Jokerit 2
2 IPK 1
3 Ketterä 2
6 K-Vantaa 3
2 IPK 4 Bronze game
3 JoKP 1
4 JoKP 3 3 JoKP 0
5 Hermes 1 4 K-Vantaa 1

Promotion

See also: 2024–25 Liiga season

For the first time since the summer of 2013, the promotion playoffs will make a comeback. The Mestis champion will compete against the last-placed team of Liiga, with the winner of the best-of-7 series being promoted to Liiga and the loser being relegated to Mestis.[11]


8 April Liiga team 18:30 Mestis team
10 April Mestis team 18:30 Liiga team
12 April Liiga team 17:00 Mestis team
15 April Mestis team 18:30 Liiga team
17 April Liiga team 18:30 Mestis team
19 April Mestis team 17:00 Liiga team
22 April Liiga team 18:30 Mestis team
Series is yet to begin


Relegation

In the first round of the relegation series the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the loser will continue to play against the champion of Suomi-sarja for a place in next season in Mestis. Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.[1]

1st round of relegation series 2nd round of relegation series
1 Hokki * 0
9 KeuPa HT 4 2 Pyry 4
10 Hokki 1

* = 24.3.2025 Hokki declared bankruptcy. This means the 2nd round of relegation series will not be played and Pyry was declared the winner.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mestis-kausi 2024–25 polkaistaan käyntiin torstaina 12.9.2024 finaalien uusintaottelulla IPK – Ketterä". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ "Kokkolan Hermekseen uusi päävalmentaja Oulun Kärpistä". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  3. ^ OPISKELIJAT, IPK (2025-02-25). "IPK Hockey Oy on vapauttanut Simo Karjalaisen päävalmentaja tehtävistään". ipk.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  4. ^ Kosunen, Janne (2024-09-16). "Jokereilta jymyuutinen!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  5. ^ Lintula, Juho (2025-02-09). "Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – "Varsinkin kotihallissa pitää pystyä näyttämään paljon raikkaampaa peliä kuin tähän asti"". Karjalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  6. ^ "RoKi vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Sakari Salmelan tilalle Mikko Sirento-Manninen". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  7. ^ "Samuli Marjeta on TUTOn uusi päävalmentaja". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  8. ^ "SM-liiga sulkeutuu, Pelicans saa jatkaa". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2000-04-20. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  9. ^ "Mestis-seura hakee konkurssiin – miinusta satojatuhansia". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  10. ^ "TUTO Hockey Oy:lle sakko ja kuuden sarjapisteen vähennys". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  11. ^ "Jääkiekon SM-liiga – Liiga.fi". liiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  12. ^ "Hokki Kainuu Oy jättänyt konkurssihakemuksen". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Mestis_season
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