2018–19 Mestis | |
League | Mestis |
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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 |
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Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | ![]() |
IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,326 | 1966 | ![]() ![]() |
Jokipojat | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | ![]() |
Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | ![]() |
KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | ![]() |
K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | ![]() ![]() |
KOOVEE | Tampere | Hakametsä 2, 1050 | 1929 | ![]() |
LeKi | Lempäälä | Masku Areena, 800 | 1904 | ![]() |
Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,975 | 1984 | ![]() ![]() |
RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | ![]() |
SaPKo | Savonlinna | Winter Salon rink, 2,833 | 1929 | ![]() |
TUTO Hockey | Turku | Marli Areena, 3,000 | 1929 | ![]() |
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 | 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[]
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Semifinals[]
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Bronze medal game[]
17 April 2019 18:30 |
LeKi | 1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1) |
TUTO Hockey | Masku Areena, Lempäälä Attendance: 611 |
Game reference | ||||
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Kimmo Rautiainen | Goalies | Julius Pohjanoksa | Referees: Juho Ylä-Rotiala Pekka Virta | |
Vanhatalo (Laakso, Latvala) | 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 |
23:03 – Friman (A. Mäkinen, M. Mäkinen) 35:21 – Rouhiainen (Salminen, Viitasalo) 59:52 – M. Mäkinen EN | ||
4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
29 | Shots | 33 |
Finals[]
16 April 2019 18:30 |
Ketterä | 5–4 (1–1, 2–2, 2–1) |
KeuPa HT | Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta[5] Attendance: 4,820 |
Game reference | ||||
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Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen | |
Lipiäinen – 17:39 Alho (Ventelä, Rasmus Hämäläinen) – 21:11 Kestilä (Karjalainen, Mäntykivi) – 28:29 Jääskeläinen PS – 47:59 Lipiäinen (Juntheikki) – 59:51 |
0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 4–4 5–4 |
11:29 – Mörsky (Pelamo, Jani Siekkinen) PP1 23:03 – Pihlajamäki (Stråka, Pulliainen 24:52 – Luhtalampi (Lehtonen) 54:22 – Pelamo PP1 | ||
8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
36 | Shots | 22 |
18 April 2019 18:30 |
KeuPa HT | 2–3 (1–1, 0–2, 1–0) |
Ketterä | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 900 |
Game reference | ||||
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Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Janne Mäkisalo Mika Levänen | |
Viinikainen (Siekkinen, Tervo) – 05:03 Siekkinen (Pelamo, Honka) |
1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 |
11:13 – Jääskeläinen (Lipiäinen, Juntheikki) PP 24:32 – Jääskeläinen (Juntheikki, Lipiäinen) PP 29:27 – Lippojoki (Juntheikki, Lipiäinen) | ||
10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
20 | Shots | 30 |
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 |
Game reference | ||||
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Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen | |
Niemi (Paalanen, Haaparanta) – 51:50 Karjalainen – 61:05 |
0–1 1–1 2–1 |
26:18 – Kumpulainen (Huttu, Pihlajamäki) | ||
8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
35 | Shots | 29 |
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 |
Game reference | ||||
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Samuli Tervo | Goalies | Karolus Kaarlehto | Referees: Janne Mäkisalo Mika Levänen | |
Turtiainen (Huttu, Kumpulainen) PP1 – 38:58 Huttu (Ollitervo) – 63:24 |
1–0 1–1 2–1 |
55:55 – Mäntykivi (Karjalainen, Hämäläinen) PP1 | ||
8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
20 | Shots | 22 |
24 April 2019 18:30 |
Ketterä | 3–2 (2–2, 1–0, 0–0) |
KeuPa HT | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,300 |
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Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen | |
Juntheikki (Ventelä) – 12:16 Hämäläinen SH1 – 13:46 Ripatti (Jääskeläinen) – 39:51 |
0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 |
10:28 – Huttu (Viinikainen, Kumpulainen) 15:52 – Piipponen | ||
10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
38 | Shots | 29 |
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.
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See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Kouvalainen, Miska (2019-01-03). IPK teki vihdoin muutoksia valmennukseensa - Janne Sinkkonen ulos, Tommi Miettinen tilalle (Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved on 2019-01-03.
- ↑ Kiekko-Vantaan päävalmentaja vaihtuu - Reijo Ruotsalainen korvaa Simo Mälkiän (Finnish). mestis.fi (2019-01-28). Retrieved on 2019-01-28.
- ↑ Peliittojen ja Jani Keinäsen tiet eroavat - Vesa Petäjä Peliittojen penkin taakse (Finnish). mestis.fi (2019-02-09). Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
- ↑ Sarjataulukko. Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved on 2019-03-08.
- ↑ 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.
Mestis | |
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Teams (2023-24) | FPS - Hermes - Hokki - IPK - Ketterä - Jokerit - Jokipojat - KeuPa HT - Kiekko-Espoo - Kiekko-Vantaa - KOOVEE - Peliitat - RoKi - TUTO Hockey |
Former teams | Ahmat - Espoo United - Haukat - HCK - Jukurit - JYP-Akatemia - KalPa - Kiekko-Laser - KooKoo - Salamat - Sport - Titaanit - UJK - SaPKo - HK Zemgale/LLU |
Seasons | 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 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24 |
Related topics | SM-liiga - Suomi-sarja - 2. Divisioona - Naisten Liiga - Naisten Mestis - Finland men's national ice hockey team - Finland women's national ice hockey team - SM-sarja (defunct) |
See also: IIHF - IIHF Continental Cup - IIHF European Champions Cup |
2018–19 in men's ice hockey | |||||||
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International | World Championships - Championship - Rosters - Group A - Group B - Playoff round - Final - Division I - Division II - Division III - Under-20-Division I - Division II - Division III - Under-18 - Division I - Division II - Division III | ||||||
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