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2018–19 Mestis
League Mestis
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2018 – April 2019
Number of teams 12
Regular season
Best record Hermes
  Runners-up LeKi
Top scorer Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (K-Vantaa)
Playoffs

The 2018–19 Mestis season is the 19th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. KOOVEE was promoted from Suomi-sarja due to Espoo United declaring bankruptcy at the end of last season.


Clubs[]

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Flag of Finland Janne Tuunanen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,326 1966 Flag of Finland Janne Sinkkonen 3.1.2019
Flag of Finland Tommi Miettinen[1]
Jokipojat Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Flag of Finland Jouni Varis
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 1957 Flag of Finland Maso Lehtonen
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Flag of Finland Niko Härkönen
K-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Flag of Finland Simo Mälkiä 28.1.2019
Flag of Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen[2]
KOOVEE Tampere Hakametsä 2, 1050 1929 Flag of Finland Juha Pajuoja
LeKi Lempäälä Masku Areena, 800 1904 Flag of Finland Miikka Kuusela
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,975 1984 Flag of Finland Jani Keinänen 9.2.2019
Flag of Finland Vesa Petäjä[3]
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Flag of Finland Santeri Immonen
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

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 Hermes 50 29 3 2 16 180 133 +47 95 Advance to playoffs
2 LeKi 50 26 7 3 14 194 155 +39 95
3 Ketterä 50 22 7 7 14 163 141 +22 87
4 SaPKo 50 22 5 5 18 177 159 +18 81
5 TUTO Hockey 50 20 8 4 18 151 130 +21 80
6 Jokipojat 50 19 6 8 17 151 151 0 77
7 RoKi 50 18 5 7 20 138 164 −26 71
8 KeuPa HT 50 18 5 5 22 151 139 +12 69
9 IPK 50 20 3 2 25 160 180 −20 68
10 K-Vantaa 50 17 4 6 23 138 158 −20 65
11 Peliitat 50 14 6 9 21 134 158 −24 63 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
12 KOOVEE 50 13 3 4 30 141 210 −69 49

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[4]

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  Hermes 2  
8  KeuPa HT 4  
  2  LeKi 2  
  8  KeuPa HT 4  
2  LeKi 4
  7  RoKi 2  
    3  Ketterä 4
  8  KeuPa HT 1
  3  Ketterä 4  
6  Jokipojat 1  
  3  Ketterä 4 Bronze medal game
  5  TUTO Hockey 0  
4  SaPKo 2 2  LeKi 0
  5  TUTO Hockey 4   5  TUTO Hockey 1

Quarterfinals[]

HermesKeuPa HT 2-4
19.3.2019 Hermes KeuPa HT 5-0 ref
21.3.2019 KeuPa HT Hermes 3-4 OT2 ref
23.3.2019 Hermes KeuPa HT 1-3 ref
25.3.2019 KeuPa HT Hermes 6-3 ref
27.3.2019 Hermes KeuPa HT 2-3 OT1 ref
29.3.2019 KeuPa HT Hermes 6-3 ref
KeuPa HT wins the series 4-2.



KetteräJokipojat 4-1
19.3.2019 Ketterä Jokipojat 2-4 ref
21.3.2019 Jokipojat Ketterä 2-3 OT1 ref
23.3.2019 Ketterä Jokipojat 2-1 ref
25.3.2019 Jokipojat Ketterä 3-7 ref
27.3.2019 Ketterä Jokipojat 7-0 ref
Ketterä wins the series 4-1.


LeKiRoKi 4-2
19.3.2019 LeKi RoKi 2-1 ref
20.3.2019 LeKi RoKi 4-2 ref
23.3.2019 RoKi LeKi 2-5 ref
24.3.2019 RoKi LeKi 8-6 ref
26.3.2019 LeKi RoKi 2-3 OT1 ref
28.3.2019 RoKi LeKi 2-6 ref
LeKi wins the series 4-2.



SaPKoTUTO Hockey 2-4
19.3.2019 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 1-5 ref
20.3.2019 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 0-1 ref
22.3.2019 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 1-3 ref
24.3.2019 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 5-0 ref
27.3.2019 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 9-2 ref
28.3.2019 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 3-2 OT1 ref
TUTO Hockey wins the series 4-2.



Semifinals[]

LeKiKeuPa HT 2-4
2.4.2019 LeKi KeuPa HT 2-4 ref
4.4.2019 KeuPa HT LeKi 3-2 ref
6.4.2019 LeKi KeuPa HT 3-2 ref
8.4.2019 KeuPa HT LeKi 3-6 ref
10.4.2019 LeKi KeuPa HT 5-8 ref
12.4.2019 KeuPa HT LeKi 4-2 ref
KeuPa HT wins the series 4-2.


KetteräTUTO Hockey 4-0
2.4.2019 Ketterä TUTO Hockey 5-3 ref
4.4.2019 TUTO Hockey Ketterä 1-2 ref
6.4.2019 Ketterä TUTO Hockey 5-2 ref
8.4.2019 TUTO Hockey Ketterä 2-3 ref
Ketterä wins the series 4-0.



Bronze medal game[]

02019-04-17 17 April 2019
18:30
LeKi 1–3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)
TUTO Hockey Masku Areena, Lempäälä
Attendance: 611

Finals[]

02019-04-16 16 April 2019
18:30
Ketterä 5–4
(1–1, 2–2, 2–1)
KeuPa HT Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta[5]
Attendance: 4,820
02019-04-18 18 April 2019
18:30
KeuPa HT 2–3
(1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
Ketterä Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 900
02019-04-20 20 April 2019
17:00
Ketterä 2–1 OT1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
KeuPa HT Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,225
02019-04-22 22 April 2019
17:00
KeuPa HT 2–1 OT1
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Ketterä Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 749
02019-04-24 24 April 2019
18:30
Ketterä 3–2
(2–2, 1–0, 0–0)
KeuPa HT Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,300

Ketterä wins the finals 4-1.

Relegation playoffs[]

The bottom two teams faced the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners got a place in Mestis for the next season. Peliitat and KOOVEE both won their series and thus avoided relegation.

PeliitatHunters 4-0
23.3.2019 Peliitat Hunters 4-0 ref
26.3.2019 Hunters Peliitat 2-4 ref
28.3.2019 Peliitat Hunters 6-0 ref
30.3.2019 Hunters Peliitat 2-5 ref
Peliitat wins the series 4-0 and avoids relegation.


KOOVEEHokki 4-0
24.3.2019 KOOVEE Hokki 4-2 ref
26.3.2019 Hokki KOOVEE 1-5 ref
28.3.2019 KOOVEE Hokki 3-2 ref
30.3.2019 Hokki KOOVEE 2-3 ref
KOOVEE wins the series 4-0 and avoids relegation.


See also[]

References[]

  1. Kouvalainen, Miska (2019-01-03). IPK teki vihdoin muutoksia valmennukseensa - Janne Sinkkonen ulos, Tommi Miettinen tilalle (Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved on 2019-01-03.
  2. Kiekko-Vantaan päävalmentaja vaihtuu - Reijo Ruotsalainen korvaa Simo Mälkiän (Finnish). mestis.fi (2019-01-28). Retrieved on 2019-01-28.
  3. Peliittojen ja Jani Keinäsen tiet eroavat - Vesa Petäjä Peliittojen penkin taakse (Finnish). mestis.fi (2019-02-09). Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  4. Sarjataulukko. Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved on 2019-03-08.
  5. Due to semi-final matches at Imatra being sold out Ketterä wanted to give as many fans as possible an opportunity to enjoy ice hockey in a bigger stadium in the neighboring town of Lappeenranta for the first game of the finals.
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