2019–20 Mestis season

2019–20 Mestis
League	Mestis
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2019 – March 2020
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Ketterä
Runners-up	IPK
Top scorer	Jaakko Lantta (Ketterä)
Playoffs

The 2019–20 Mestis season was the 20th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. LeKi lost their Mestis place due to financial difficulties and due to that Hokki was promoted to Mestis for this season. The playoffs and relegations were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clubs

Team	City	Home arena, capacity	Founded	Head coach
Hermes	Kokkola	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200	1953	Janne Tuunanen3.2.2020 Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma
Hokki	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372	1968	Jarkko Heikkinen
IPK	Iisalmi	Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358	1966	Niko Härkönen
Jokipojat	Joensuu	PKS Areena, 4,800	1953	Joni Petrell
Ketterä	Imatra	Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200	1957	Maso Lehtonen
KeuPa HT	Keuruu	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100	1995	Niko Eronen
K-Vantaa	Vantaa	Trio Areena, 2,004	1994	Jesse Welling31.10.2019 Kari Haakana4.2.2020 Jani Manninen
KOOVEE	Tampere	Hakametsä, 7,300	1929	Miikka Kuusela
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena, 2,686	1984	Vesa Petäjä
RoKi	Rovaniemi	Lappi Areena, 3,500	1979	Santeri Immonen
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833	1929	Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey	Turku	Marli Areena, 3,000	1929	Antti Virtanen

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ketterä	50	26	8	5	11	188	127	+61	99
2	IPK	50	22	10	4	14	197	166	+31	90
3	Jokipojat	50	24	3	6	17	179	168	+11	84
4	SaPKo	50	22	6	5	17	167	160	+7	83
5	KOOVEE	50	21	7	5	17	198	183	+15	82
6	KeuPa HT	50	20	5	8	17	189	182	+7	78
7	TUTO Hockey	50	20	5	7	18	167	160	+7	77
8	Hermes	50	21	2	7	20	164	160	+4	74
9	K-Vantaa	50	18	4	6	22	169	169	0	68
10	RoKi	50	13	8	8	21	159	171	−12	63
11	Peliitat	50	14	6	5	25	150	187	−37	59
12	Hokki	50	10	5	3	32	122	216	−94	43

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

See also

• 2019–20 Liiga season