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2018–19 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2018 – April 2019
Number of teams12
Regular season
Best recordHermes
  Runners-upLeKi
Top scorerMiro-Pekka Saarelainen (K-Vantaa)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPSameli Ventelä (Ketterä)
Finals championsKetterä
  Runners-upKeuPa HT
Mestis seasons

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

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Finnish teams in Mestis 2024–25
Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Finland Janne Tuunanen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,326 1966 Finland Janne Sinkkonen 3.1.2019
Finland Tommi Miettinen[1]
Jokipojat Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Finland Jouni Varis
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 1957 Finland Maso Lehtonen
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Finland Niko Härkönen
K-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Finland Simo Mälkiä 28.1.2019
Finland Reijo Ruotsalainen[2]
KOOVEE Tampere Hakametsä 2, 1050 1929 Finland Juha Pajuoja
LeKi Lempäälä Masku Areena, 800 1904 Finland Miikka Kuusela
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,975 1984 Finland Jani Keinänen 9.2.2019
Finland Vesa Petäjä[3]
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Finland Santeri Immonen
SaPKo Savonlinna Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 1929 Finland Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey Turku Marli Areena, 3,000 1929 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
Source: Tilastopalvelu.fi

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

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Quarterfinals


Semifinals


Bronze medal game

17 April 2019
18:30		LeKi1–3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)		TUTO HockeyMasku Areena, Lempäälä
Attendance: 611
Game reference
Kimmo RautiainenGoaliesJulius PohjanoksaReferees:
Juho Ylä-Rotiala
Pekka Virta
Linesmen:
Niklas Narvanmaa
Oskari Isolauri
0–123:03 – Friman (A. Mäkinen, M. Mäkinen)
0–235:21 – Rouhiainen (Salminen, Viitasalo)
Vanhatalo (Laakso, Latvala)1–2
1–359:52 – M. Mäkinen EN
4 minPenalties6 min
29Shots33

Finals

16 April 2019
18:30		Ketterä5–4
(1–1, 2–2, 2–1)		KeuPa HTKisapuisto, Lappeenranta[5]
Attendance: 4,820
Game reference
Karolus KaarlehtoGoaliesSamuli TervoReferees:
Ville Vuohtoniemi
Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Miro Skinnarla
Joni Pekkala
0–111:29 – Mörsky (Pelamo, Jani Siekkinen) PP1
Lipiäinen – 17:391–1
Alho (Ventelä, Rasmus Hämäläinen) – 21:112–1
2–223:03 – Pihlajamäki (Stråka, Pulliainen
2–324:52 – Luhtalampi (Lehtonen)
Kestilä (Karjalainen, Mäntykivi) – 28:293–3
Jääskeläinen PS – 47:594–3
4–454:22 – Pelamo PP1
Lipiäinen (Juntheikki) – 59:515–4
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots22
18 April 2019
18:30		KeuPa HT2–3
(1–1, 0–2, 1–0)		KetteräKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 900
Game reference
Karolus KaarlehtoGoaliesSamuli TervoReferees:
Janne Mäkisalo
Mika Levänen
Linesmen:
Joonas Hurskainen
Onni Hautamäki
Viinikainen (Siekkinen, Tervo) – 05:031–0
1–111:13 – Jääskeläinen (Lipiäinen, Juntheikki) PP
1–224:32 – Jääskeläinen (Juntheikki, Lipiäinen) PP
1–329:27 – Lippojoki (Juntheikki, Lipiäinen)
Siekkinen (Pelamo, Honka)2–3
10 minPenalties8 min
20Shots30
20 April 2019
17:00		Ketterä2–1 OT1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		KeuPa HTImatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,225
Game reference
Karolus KaarlehtoGoaliesSamuli TervoReferees:
Ville Vuohtoniemi
Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Miro Skinnarla
Joni Pekkala
0–126:18 – Kumpulainen (Huttu, Pihlajamäki)
Niemi (Paalanen, Haaparanta) – 51:501–1
Karjalainen – 61:052–1
8 minPenalties6 min
35Shots29
22 April 2019
17:00		KeuPa HT2–1 OT1
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		KetteräKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 749
Game reference
Samuli TervoGoaliesKarolus KaarlehtoReferees:
Janne Mäkisalo
Mika Levänen
Linesmen:
Joonas Hurskainen
Onni Hautamäki
Turtiainen (Huttu, Kumpulainen) PP1 – 38:581–0
1–155:55 – Mäntykivi (Karjalainen, Hämäläinen) PP1
Huttu (Ollitervo) – 63:242–1
8 minPenalties4 min
20Shots22
24 April 2019
18:30		Ketterä3–2
(2–2, 1–0, 0–0)		KeuPa HTImatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,300
Game reference
Karolus KaarlehtoGoaliesSamuli TervoReferees:
Ville Vuohtoniemi
Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Miro Skinnarla
Joni Pekkala
0–110:28 – Huttu (Viinikainen, Kumpulainen)
Juntheikki (Ventelä) – 12:161–1
Hämäläinen SH1 – 13:462–1
2–215:52 – Piipponen
Ripatti (Jääskeläinen) – 39:513–2
10 minPenalties10 min
38Shots29

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kouvalainen, Miska (2019-01-03). "IPK teki vihdoin muutoksia valmennukseensa - Janne Sinkkonen ulos, Tommi Miettinen tilalle" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  2. ^ "Kiekko-Vantaan päävalmentaja vaihtuu - Reijo Ruotsalainen korvaa Simo Mälkiän" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2019-01-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. ^ "Peliittojen ja Jani Keinäsen tiet eroavat - Vesa Petäjä Peliittojen penkin taakse" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2019-02-09. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. ^ "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 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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