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2021–22 Mestis
League Mestis
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 23 September 2021 – April 2022
Number of teams 14
Regular season
Best record Ketterä
  Runners-up K-Espoo
Playoffs

The 2021–22 Mestis season was the 22nd season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Therefore, this season there would be 14 teams.[1]

Clubs[]

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
FPS Forssa Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 1931 Flag of Finland Asko Rantanen
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Flag of Finland Jere Härkälä
Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Flag of Finland Pasi Räsänen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 1966 Flag of Finland Niko Härkönen
JoKP Joensuu PKS Areena, 4,800 1953 Flag of Finland Kari Martikainen
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 1957 Flag of Finland Tuomo Ropo
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Flag of Finland Tomas Westerlund
K-Espoo Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2018 Flag of Finland Kim Hirschovits
K-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Flag of Finland Mika Niskanen
KOOVEE Tampere Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 1929 Flag of Finland Vesa Viitakoski
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,686 1984 Flag of Finland Hannes Hyvönen
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Flag of Finland Maso Lehtonen
SaPKo Savonlinna Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 1929 Flag of Finland Niko Eronen 7.10.2021
Flag of Finland Juho Nykänen[2]
TUTO Hockey Turku Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 1929 Flag of Finland Antti Virtanen

Regular season[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PCT Final Result
1 Ketterä 52 30 7 3 12 191 132 +59 .686 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 K-Espoo 52 26 9 4 13 158 126 +32 .641
3 JoKP 52 27 6 5 14 182 129 +53 .628
4 FPS 52 24 5 6 17 170 152 +18 .564
5 KeuPa HT 52 22 4 6 20 165 170 −5 .513
6 RoKi 52 19 8 7 18 152 161 −9 .513
7 Hokki 52 21 4 8 19 152 155 −3 .506 Advance to Wild-card round
8 IPK 52 18 8 6 20 143 151 −8 .487
9 Hermes 52 18 4 9 21 142 151 −9 .455
10 K-Vantaa 52 17 6 8 21 146 172 −26 .455
11 TUTO Hockey 52 18 5 5 24 145 145 0 .442 Qualification to relegation playoffs
12 SaPKo 52 17 5 5 25 143 159 −16 .423
13 Peliitat 52 12 9 5 26 132 163 −31 .378
14 KOOVEE 52 10 5 8 29 130 185 −55 .308
Source: Mestis

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

Playoffs[]

Playoffs are being played in four stages. Wild-card round is a best-of-3 series, with the quarter-finals, the semifinals and the final being best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the first two stages, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the quarter-finals and the semifinals faces the worst team in the corresponding stage.

Bracket[]

  Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
  1 Ketterä 4  
8 IPK 1  
7 Hokki 2     1 Ketterä 4  
10 K-Vantaa 1     6 RoKi 3  
2 K-Espoo 4
  7 Hokki 0  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)   1 Ketterä 4
  2 K-Espoo 1
  3 JoKP 1  
6 RoKi 4  
8 IPK 2     2 K-Espoo 4
9 Hermes 0     4 FPS 2  
4 FPS 4
  5 KeuPa HT 3  

Wild-card round[]

HokkiK-Vantaa 2-1
28.03.2022 Hokki K-Vantaa 3-0
30.03.2022 K-Vantaa Hokki 4-2
31.03.2022 Hokki K-Vantaa 3-2
Hokki won the series 2–1.


IPKHermes 2-0
28.03.2022 IPK Hermes 1-0
30.03.2022 Hermes IPK 2-3 OT
IPK won the series 2–0.


Quarter-finals[]

KetteräIPK 4-1
02.04.2022 Ketterä IPK 8-1
04.04.2022 IPK Ketterä 2-4
06.04.2022 Ketterä IPK 6-2
08.04.2022 IPK Ketterä 4-2
09.04.2022 Ketterä IPK 5-3
Ketterä won the series 4–1.



JoKPRoKi 1-4
02.04.2022 JoKP RoKi 2-5
04.04.2022 RoKi JoKP 5-2
06.04.2022 JoKP RoKi 2-5
08.04.2022 RoKi JoKP 2-4
09.04.2022 JoKP RoKi 2-3 OT
RoKi won the series 4–1.


K-EspooHokki 4-0
03.04.2022 K-Espoo Hokki 6-4
04.04.2022 Hokki K-Espoo 1-2 OT
06.04.2022 K-Espoo Hokki 3-2
08.04.2022 Hokki K-Espoo 3-4 OT
K-Espoo won the series 4–0.



FPSKeuPa HT 4-3
02.04.2022 FPS KeuPa HT 5-2
04.04.2022 KeuPa HT FPS 5-2
06.04.2022 FPS KeuPa HT 3-2
08.04.2022 KeuPa HT FPS 0-3
09.04.2022 FPS KeuPa HT 4-5
11.04.2022 KeuPa HT FPS 5-4
13.04.2022 FPS KeuPa HT 3-1
FPS won the series 4–3.


Semi-finals[]

KetteräRoKi 4-3
13.04.2022 Ketterä RoKi 7-0
15.04.2022 RoKi Ketterä 3-2 OT
17.04.2022 Ketterä RoKi 3-2
19.04.2022 RoKi Ketterä 4-3 OT2
21.04.2022 Ketterä RoKi 1-3
22.04.2022 RoKi Ketterä 1-4
24.04.2022 Ketterä RoKi 4-3
Ketterä won the series 4–3.


K-EspooFPS 4-2
15.04.2022 K-Espoo FPS 2-4
16.04.2022 FPS K-Espoo 2-1
18.04.2022 K-Espoo FPS 2-1
20.04.2022 FPS K-Espoo 2-4
22.04.2022 K-Espoo FPS 2-1
23.04.2022 FPS K-Espoo 1-2 OT
K-Espoo won the series 4–2.


Bronze medal game[]

02022-04-27 27 April 2022
18:30 EEST
FPS 2–3 OT2
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0, 0–1)
RoKi Forssa Ice Hall, Forssa
Attendance: 912

Finals[]

02022-04-27 27 April 2022
18:30 EEST
Ketterä 4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–0
K-Espoo Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 842
02022-04-29 29 April 2022
18:30 EEST
K-Espoo 5–2
(1–2, 0–0, 4–0)
score in the series: 1–1
Ketterä Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,301
02022-04-30 30 April 2022
17:00 EEST
Ketterä 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–1
K-Espoo Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,032
02022-05-02 2 May 2022
18:30 EEST
K-Espoo 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–3
Ketterä Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,514
02022-05-04 4 May 2022
18:30 EEST
Ketterä 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 4–1
K-Espoo Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,350

Relegation[]

The bottom four teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja in a double round-robin format. The four best placed get a place in Mestis for the next season.


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 TUTO Hockey 10 9 0 0 1 47 20 +27 27 Qualified for 2022-2023 Mestis season
2 Peliitat 10 5 2 1 2 47 29 +18 20
3 SaPKo 10 3 3 1 3 39 34 +5 16
4 KOOVEE 10 4 0 1 5 34 32 +2 13
5 JHT Kalajoki 10 2 0 2 6 27 51 −24 8 Relegated to Suomi-sarja
6 D-Kiekko 10 0 2 2 6 23 51 −28 6
Source: [1]

Final rankings[]

Gold medal icon Ketterä
Silver medal icon K-Espoo
Bronze medal icon RoKi
4 FPS
5 JoKP
6 KeuPa HT
7 Hokki
8 IPK
9 Hermes
10 K-Vantaa
11 TUTO Hockey
12 SaPKo
13 Peliitat
14 KOOVEE

References[]

  1. Kausi 2021-2022 starttaa 23.9. Avauspäivänä nähdään mm. viime kauden finaaliparin kohtaaminen. (Finnish). mestis.fi (2021-06-15). Retrieved on 2021-10-30.
  2. SaPKo erotti päävalmentajansa Niko Erosen vain neljän Mestis-ottelun jälkeen (Finnish). Jatkoaika.com (2021-10-07).
  3. Sarjataulukko. Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved on 2019-03-08.

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