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.

2017–18 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2017 – March 2018
Number of teams12
Regular season
Best recordKeuPa HT
Runners-upSaPKo
Top scorerJoona Jääskeläinen
Playoffs
Finals championsKeuPa HT
  Runners-upTUTO Hockey

Clubs

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
Espoo United Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2016 Niko Marttila
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Antti Karhula
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 Santeri Heiskanen
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
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

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

6 April 2018
18:30
SaPKo3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)
JokipojatWinter Salon rink, Savonlinna
Attendance: 1,187

Finals

6 April 2018
18:30
KeuPa HT2–4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)
TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 985
8 April 2018
17:00
TUTO Hockey2–5
(0–4, 1–0, 1–1)
KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 2,018
11 April 2018
18:30
KeuPa HT2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 867
13 April 2018
18:15
TUTO Hockey4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 1,809
14 April 2018
16:30
KeuPa HT3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)
TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 938
16 April 2018
18:15
TUTO Hockey1–2 OT1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 1,748

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.

No team got relegated from or promoted to Mestis for the next season.

See also

References

  1. "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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