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Mestis
2020–21 Mestis season
Mestis logo
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2000
Motto Suomen viihdyttävintä lätkää (Finland’s most entertaining hockey)
No. of teams 12
Most recent champion(s) Ketterä
Most championship(s) Jukurit (7)
TV partner(s) Fanseat
Elisa
Nelonen Media
VeikkausTV
Official website mestis.fi
Related competitions Liiga, Suomi-sarja

Mestis (from Finnish:Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). It had initially been the highest hockey league in Finland that could be reached through playing merits alone; the SM-liiga was closed (to teams being relegated or promoted) in 2000. After the 2004–05 season, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga, and the Liiga was re-opened in the 2008–09 season.[1] Vaasan Sport was promoted in 2014–15,[2] KooKoo was promoted in 2015–16,[3] and Jukurit was promoted in 2016–17.[4]


Clubs[]

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
KOOVEE Tampere Hakametsä 2 arena, 800 1929 Flag of Finland Juha Pajuoja
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Flag of Finland Antti Karhula
Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Flag of Finland Niko Eronen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, - 1966 Flag of Finland Jukka Niiranen
JoKP Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Flag of Finland Ari Aaltonen
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957 Flag of Finland Maso Lehtonen
Kiekko-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 3,700 1994 Flag of Finland Simo Mälkiä
Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2018 Flag of Finland Mikko Heiskanen
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Flag of Finland Mikko Heiskanen
FPS Forssa Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 1931 Flag of Finland Asko Rantanen
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,975 1984 Flag of Finland Marko Tuomainen
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Flag of Finland Petteri Hirvonen
SaPKo Savonlinna Winter Salon rink, 2,833 1929 Flag of Finland Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey Turku Marli Areena, 3,000 1929 Flag of Finland Miika Elomo

Winners[]

Year Champion Silver Bronze Regular Season
Winner
2001 Jukurit TuTo Hermes TuTo
2002 Jukurit KooKoo KalPa Jukurit
2003 Jukurit K-Vantaa KooKoo Jukurit
2004 KalPa Jukurit Hermes Jukurit
2005 KalPa Sport TuTo KalPa
2006 Jukurit Sport TuTo Jukurit
2007 Hokki Jukurit Sport Sport
2008 TuTo Hokki Jukurit TuTo
2009 Sport Jokipojat Hokki Jokipojat
2010 Jokipojat D-Team KooKoo KooKoo
2011 Sport Jukurit D-Team Jukurit
2012 Sport Jokipojat KooKoo Jukurit
2013 Jukurit KooKoo TUTO Hockey Jukurit
2014 KooKoo Jukurit TUTO Hockey TUTO Hockey
2015 Jukurit KooKoo Hokki Jukurit
2016 Jukurit Hokki Jokipojat Jukurit
2017 SaPKo K-Vantaa Espoo-United SaPKo
2018 KeuPa HT TUTO Hockey SaPKo KeuPa HT
2019 Ketterä KeuPa HT TUTO Hockey Hermes
2020 Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded. Ketterä
2021 Ketterä Hermes IPK Kiekko-Espoo

Medaltable:

team Gold Silver Bronze
Jukurit 7 4 1
Sport 3 2 1
KalPa 2 0 1
KooKoo 1 3 3
TUTO Hockey 1 2 5
Hokki 1 2 2
Jokipojat 1 2 1
KeuPa HT 1 1 0
SaPKo 1 0 1
Ketterä 1 0 0
K-Vantaa 0 2 0
JYP-Akatemia 0 1 1
Hermes 0 0 2
Espoo United 0 0 1

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Past participants[]

Mestis timeline[]

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
K-Vantaa
TuTo TUTO Hockey
Jukurit
KooKoo
Sport
FPS
Hermes
Haukat
Ahmat
UJK
Diskos D Team JYP-Akatemia
Jokipojat JoKP
KalPa
Hokki Hokki
HCK Salamat
HeKi Peliitat
SaPKo
KOOVEE
LeKi
Titaanit
RoKi
K-Laser
HCK
KeuPa HT
IPK
Espoo United
Ketterä
K-Espoo

References[]

  1. SM-liigalle ja Jääkiekkoliitolle uusi yhteistyösopimus (fi). Finnish Ice Hockey Association (2008-03-08).
  2. Hakola, Tero (2014-02-28). Vaasan Sport korvaa Jokerit Liigassa (fi). Helsingin Sanomat.
  3. Seppänen, Antti (2014-10-01). KooKoo Hockey Oy:n lisenssianomus Liigaan hyväksytty (fi). Liiga.
  4. Pärnänen, Antti (2015-09-10). Mikkelin Jukurit nousee Liigaan! (fi). Liiga.

External links[]

  • Mestis Official website (in Finnish)


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