Mestis

Mestis

Formerly	I-Divisioona
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2000
No. of teams	13
Country(ies)	Finland, South Korea
Most recent champion(s)	Vaasan Sport
Most titles	Jukurit (4)
TV partner(s)	Anvia
Related competitions	SM-liiga, Suomi-sarja
Official website	mestis.fi

Mestis, (from 'Mestaruussarja', 'Championship series'), is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.

The league was established in 2000 to replace the first division. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; 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 league was re-opened in the 2008-09 season.

Clubs

Team	City	Home arena, capacity	Founded	Head coach
HC Keski-Uusimaa	Kerava	Keravan jäähalli, 2000	2008	Sami Ranta
Hokki	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli, 2372	1968	Petri Mattila
Jokipojat	Joensuu	Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4800	1953	Mikko Haapakoski
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Kalevankankaan jäähalli, 4500	1970	Jarno Pikkarainen
JYP-Akatemia	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena, 4500	1974	Jukka Ahvenjärvi
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa	Valtti-areena, 2004	1994	Pekka Kangasalusta
KooKoo	Kouvola	Kouvolan jäähalli, 6000	1965	Juha Juujärvi
LeKi	Lempäälä	Masku Areena, 900	1904	Marko Keskinen
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena, 2975	1984	Petri Karjalainen
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Talvisalon Gigantti-areena, 2833	1929	Saku Martikainen
Vaasan Sport	Vaasa	Vaasa Arena, 4448	1939	Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli, 3000	1929	Ismo Lehkonen
South Korea	National	Away games only	2013	Byun Sun-wook

Winners

Year	Champion	Silver	Bronze
2001	Jukurit	TuTo	Hermes
2002	Jukurit	KooKoo	KalPa
2003	Jukurit	K-Vantaa	KooKoo
2004	KalPa	Jukurit	Hermes
2005	KalPa	Sport	TuTo
2006	Jukurit	Sport	TuTo
2007	Hokki	Jukurit	Sport
2008	TuTo	Hokki	Jukurit
2009	Sport	Jokipojat	Hokki
2010	Jokipojat	D-Team	KooKoo
2011	Sport	Jukurit	D-Team
2012	Sport	Jokipojat	KooKoo
2013	Jukurit	KooKoo	TuTo

Defunct teams

• Haukat
• Kiekko-Laser

External links

• Mestis Official website, in Finnish