2021–22 Mestis season

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

2021–22 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
Duration23 September 2021 – April 2022
Number of teams14
Regular season
Playoffs

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

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Ketterä 13 10 2 0 1 59 27 +32 34 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 KeuPa HT 12 8 0 1 3 46 35 +11 25
3 K-Espoo 13 7 1 1 4 40 35 +5 24
4 FPS 11 7 0 1 3 46 30 +16 22
5 Hokki 12 6 2 0 4 44 32 +12 22
6 IPK 12 5 2 1 4 37 35 +2 20
7 Peliitat 13 4 3 0 6 36 36 0 18 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Hermes 12 5 1 0 6 38 33 +5 17
9 SaPKo 11 4 0 1 6 21 29 −8 13
10 RoKi 12 3 1 2 6 32 54 −22 13
11 JoKP 9 4 0 0 5 25 27 −2 12
12 KOOVEE 11 3 0 2 6 31 47 −16 11
13 K-Vantaa 13 2 0 2 9 27 53 −26 8 Did not finish the season
14 TUTO Hockey 10 2 0 1 7 22 31 −9 7
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2021. 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. Each stage before the final is a best-of-3 series, with the final being a best-of-5 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.

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