2017–18 Mestis season
The 2017–18 Mestis season is the 18th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Imatran Ketterä was promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season, while JYP-Akatemia and Hokki faced bankruptcy and were relegated.
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League | Mestis |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2017 – March 2018 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Best record | KeuPa HT |
Runners-up | SaPKo |
Top scorer | Joona Jääskeläinen |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | KeuPa HT |
Runners-up | TUTO Hockey |
Clubs
Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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Espoo United | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 | 2016 | Niko Marttila |
Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | 14.12.2017 Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma |
IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 | 1966 | Janne Sinkkonen |
Jokipojat | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | Jouni Varis |
Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 | 1957 | Maso Lehtonen |
KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Mikko Heiskanen |
Kiekko-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | Pasi Arvonen |
LeKi | Lempäälä | Masku Areena, 900 | 1904 | Miikka Kuusela |
Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,686 | 1984 | 1.3.2018 Jani Keinänen |
RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Petri Karjalainen |
SaPKo | Savonlinna | Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 | 1929 | Pasi Räsänen |
TUTO Hockey | Turku | Marli Areena, 3,000 | 1929 | Miika Elomo |
Regular season
Top eight advance to the Mestis playoffs while the bottom two face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a relegation playoff. Since the highest series of Finnish hockey is a closed series no team will be promoted to Liiga.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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1 | KeuPa HT | 50 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 182 | 132 | +50 | 97 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | SaPKo | 50 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 175 | 138 | +37 | 96 | |
3 | Ketterä | 50 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 180 | 159 | +21 | 88 | |
4 | Kiekko-Vantaa | 50 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 150 | 151 | −1 | 80 | |
5 | TUTO Hockey | 50 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 166 | 129 | +37 | 79 | |
6 | Jokipojat | 50 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 156 | 140 | +16 | 76 | |
7 | IPK | 50 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 141 | 161 | −20 | 72 | |
8 | LeKi | 50 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 146 | 149 | −3 | 71 | |
9 | Espoo United | 50 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 141 | 147 | −6 | 69 | |
10 | RoKi | 50 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 150 | 171 | −21 | 68 | |
11 | Hermes | 50 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 142 | 186 | −44 | 59 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
12 | Peliitat | 50 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 153 | 219 | −66 | 45 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[1]
Playoffs
Playoffs are being played in three stages. Each stage is a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the semifinals faces the worst team in the semifinals.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | KeuPa HT | 4 | |||||||||||
8 | LeKi | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | KeuPa HT | 4 | |||||||||||
6 | Jokipojat | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | SaPKo | 4 | |||||||||||
7 | IPK | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | KeuPa HT | 4 | |||||||||||
5 | TUTO Hockey | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Ketterä | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Jokipojat | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | SaPKo | 3 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
5 | TUTO Hockey | 4 | |||||||||||
4 | Kiekko-Vantaa | 1 | 2 | SaPKo | 1 | ||||||||
5 | TUTO Hockey | 4 | 6 | Jokipojat | 0 |
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
6 April 2018 18:30 | SaPKo | 3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1) | Jokipojat | Winter Salon rink, Savonlinna Attendance: 1,187 |
Game reference | ||||
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22 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
35 | Shots | 30 |
Finals
6 April 2018 18:30 | KeuPa HT | 2–4 (0–2, 1–0, 1–2) | TUTO Hockey | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 985 |
Game reference | ||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
26 | Shots | 28 |
8 April 2018 17:00 | TUTO Hockey | 2–5 (0–4, 1–0, 1–1) | KeuPa HT | Kupittaan jäähalli, Turku Attendance: 2,018 |
Game reference | ||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
47 | Shots | 31 |
11 April 2018 18:30 | KeuPa HT | 2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0) | TUTO Hockey | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 867 |
Game reference | ||||
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18 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
22 | Shots | 27 |
13 April 2018 18:15 | TUTO Hockey | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | KeuPa HT | Kupittaan jäähalli, Turku Attendance: 1,809 |
Game reference | ||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
37 | Shots | 24 |
14 April 2018 16:30 | KeuPa HT | 3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1) | TUTO Hockey | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 938 |
Game reference | ||||
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20 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
22 | Shots | 16 |
16 April 2018 18:15 | TUTO Hockey | 1–2 OT1 (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | KeuPa HT | Kupittaan jäähalli, Turku Attendance: 1,748 |
Game reference | ||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
34 | Shots | 34 |
KeuPa HT wins the series 4-2.
Relegation playoffs
The bottom two teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners will get a place in Mestis for the next season.
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No team got relegated from or promoted to Mestis for the next season.
See also
References
- "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.