2017–18 Mestis season

Sports season
2017–18 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2017 – March 2018
Number of teams12
Regular season
Best recordKeuPa HT
  Runners-upSaPKo
Top scorerJoona Jääskeläinen
Playoffs
Finals championsKeuPa HT
  Runners-upTUTO Hockey
Mestis seasons
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The 2017–18 Mestis season is the 18th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Imatran Ketterä was promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season, while JYP-Akatemia and Hokki faced bankruptcy and were relegated.

Clubs

Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
Espoo United Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2016 Finland Niko Marttila
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Finland Antti Karhula
14.12.2017
Finland Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 1966 Finland Janne Sinkkonen
Jokipojat Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Finland Jouni Varis
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957 Finland Maso Lehtonen
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Finland Mikko Heiskanen
Kiekko-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Finland Pasi Arvonen
LeKi Lempäälä Masku Areena, 900 1904 Finland Miikka Kuusela
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,686 1984 Finland Santeri Heiskanen
1.3.2018
Finland Jani Keinänen
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Finland Petri Karjalainen
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 KeuPa HT 50 30 2 3 15 182 132 +50 97 Advance to playoffs
2 SaPKo 50 24 9 6 11 175 138 +37 96
3 Ketterä 50 25 4 5 16 180 159 +21 88
4 Kiekko-Vantaa 50 21 6 5 18 150 151 −1 80
5 TUTO Hockey 50 21 4 8 17 166 129 +37 79
6 Jokipojat 50 21 4 5 20 156 140 +16 76
7 IPK 50 19 5 5 21 141 161 −20 72
8 LeKi 50 16 9 5 20 146 149 −3 71
9 Espoo United 50 18 6 3 23 141 147 −6 69
10 RoKi 50 17 5 7 21 150 171 −21 68
11 Hermes 50 14 4 9 23 142 186 −44 59 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
12 Peliitat 50 9 7 4 30 153 219 −66 45
Source: Tilastopalvelu.fi

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

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 KeuPa HT 4
8 LeKi 1
1 KeuPa HT 4
6 Jokipojat 0
2 SaPKo 4
7 IPK 2
1 KeuPa HT 4
5 TUTO Hockey 2
3 Ketterä 0
6 Jokipojat 4
2 SaPKo 3 Third place
5 TUTO Hockey 4
4 Kiekko-Vantaa 1 2 SaPKo 1
5 TUTO Hockey 4 6 Jokipojat 0

Quarterfinals

KeuPa HT – LeKi 4-1
10.3.2018 KeuPa HT LeKi 7-1 ref
12.3.2018 LeKi KeuPa HT 2-3 OT1 ref
14.3.2018 KeuPa HT LeKi 2-0 ref
16.3.2018 LeKi KeuPa HT 2-1 OT2 ref
17.3.2018 KeuPa HT LeKi 4-0 ref
KeuPa HT wins the series 4-1.


Ketterä – Jokipojat 0-4
10.3.2018 Ketterä Jokipojat 3-5 ref
12.3.2018 Jokipojat Ketterä 5-3 ref
14.3.2018 Ketterä Jokipojat 0-3 ref
16.3.2018 Jokipojat Ketterä 4-2 ref
Jokipojat wins the series 4-0.


SaPKo – IPK 4-2
10.3.2018 SaPKo IPK 7-3 ref
12.3.2018 IPK SaPKo 6-3 ref
14.3.2018 SaPKo IPK 4-1 ref
16.3.2018 IPK SaPKo 7-6 ref
17.3.2018 SaPKo IPK 6-3 ref
19.3.2018 IPK SaPKo 4-5 OT1 ref
SaPKo wins the series 4-2.


Kiekko-Vantaa – TUTO Hockey 1-4
10.3.2018 Kiekko-Vantaa TUTO Hockey 3-2 OT1 ref
12.3.2018 TUTO Hockey Kiekko-Vantaa 6-2 ref
14.3.2018 Kiekko-Vantaa TUTO Hockey 2-3 ref
16.3.2018 TUTO Hockey Kiekko-Vantaa 3-0 ref
17.3.2018 Kiekko-Vantaa TUTO Hockey 1-2 ref
TUTO Hockey wins the series 4-1.

Semifinals

KeuPa HT – Jokipojat 4-0
23.3.2018 KeuPa HT Jokipojat 3-2 OT1 ref
24.3.2018 Jokipojat KeuPa HT 1-2 ref
26.3.2018 KeuPa HT Jokipojat 7-2 ref
28.3.2018 Jokipojat KeuPa HT 2-3 ref
KeuPa HT wins the series 4-0.
SaPKo – TUTO Hockey 3-4
23.3.2018 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 4-3 OT1 ref
24.3.2018 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 4-3 OT1 ref
27.3.2018 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 5-3 ref
29.3.2018 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 2-1 ref
31.3.2018 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 1-2 ref
1.4.2018 TUTO Hockey SaPKo 1-2 ref
3.4.2018 SaPKo TUTO Hockey 1-3 ref
TUTO Hockey wins the series 4-3.

Bronze medal game

6 April 2018
18:30		SaPKo3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)		JokipojatWinter Salon rink, Savonlinna
Attendance: 1,187
Game reference
22 minPenalties8 min
35Shots30

Finals

6 April 2018
18:30		KeuPa HT2–4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)		TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 985
Game reference
2 minPenalties2 min
26Shots28
8 April 2018
17:00		TUTO Hockey2–5
(0–4, 1–0, 1–1)		KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 2,018
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
47Shots31
11 April 2018
18:30		KeuPa HT2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 867
Game reference
18 minPenalties8 min
22Shots27
13 April 2018
18:15		TUTO Hockey4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 1,809
Game reference
4 minPenalties6 min
37Shots24
14 April 2018
16:30		KeuPa HT3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)		TUTO HockeyKeuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu
Attendance: 938
Game reference
20 minPenalties22 min
22Shots16
16 April 2018
18:15		TUTO Hockey1–2 OT1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		KeuPa HTKupittaan jäähalli, Turku
Attendance: 1,748
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
34Shots34

KeuPa HT wins the series 4-2.

Relegation playoffs

The bottom two teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners will get a place in Mestis for the next season.

Hermes – KOOVEE 4-1
16.3.2018 Hermes KOOVEE 1-3 ref
17.3.2018 KOOVEE Hermes 0-4 ref
21.3.2018 Hermes KOOVEE 4-2 ref
23.3.2018 KOOVEE Hermes 0-3 ref
24.3.2018 Hermes KOOVEE 2-0 ref
Hermes wins the series 4-1 and avoids relegation.
Peliitat – JHT 4-0
16.3.2018 Peliitat JHT 4-2 ref
17.3.2018 JHT Peliitat 0-8 ref
21.3.2018 Peliitat JHT 4-1 ref
23.3.2018 JHT Peliitat 1-6 ref
Peliitat wins the series 4-0 and avoids relegation.

No team got relegated from or promoted to Mestis for the next season.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.