2022–23 Mestis season

The 2022–23 Mestis season was the 23rd season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. This season there was 14 teams when the Latvian team HK Zemgale/LLU joined Mestis.[1]

2022–23 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2022 – April 2023
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)C More
Regular season
Best recordK-Espoo
  Runners-upKetterä
Playoffs
Finals championsKiekko-Espoo (1st Mestis title)
  Runners-upKetterä

Clubs
Team City Home arena, capacity Founded
FPS Forssa Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 1931
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953
HK Zemgale/LLU Jelgava, Latvia Jelgava Ice hall, 1,500 2002
Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 1966
JoKP Joensuu PKS Areena, 4,800 1953
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 1957
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995
K-Espoo Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2018
K-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994
KOOVEE Tampere Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 1929
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,686 1984
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979
TUTO Hockey Turku Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 1929

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 K-Espoo 52 36 6 2 8 222 111 +111 122 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Ketterä 52 34 1 6 11 197 115 +82 110
3 RoKi 52 27 6 3 16 179 135 +44 96
4 Hermes 52 25 6 4 17 176 149 +27 91
5 JoKP 52 24 5 6 17 188 174 +14 88
6 IPK 52 23 5 5 19 163 153 +10 84
7 KeuPa HT 52 22 3 7 20 206 196 +10 79 Advance to Wild-card round
8 K-Vantaa 52 23 2 2 25 168 189 −21 75
9 KOOVEE 52 19 5 8 20 143 179 −36 75
10 TUTO Hockey 52 17 7 4 24 164 174 −10 69
11 Hokki 52 15 5 4 28 163 219 −56 59
12 HK Zemgale/LLU* 52 13 3 6 30 112 158 −46 51
13 FPS 52 11 6 3 32 138 186 −48 48 Qualification to relegation playoffs
14 Peliitat 52 12 3 3 34 116 197 −81 45
Source:

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

*HK Zemgale/LLU would not participate in the relegation playoffs

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.

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

Promotion

None as Liiga is currently closed for promotion.

Relegation

For the season 2022-2023 the relegation system was changed. The relegation playoffs were done so that the last Finnish team from Mestis faced the winner of Suomi-sarja and the second last team from Mestis faced the runner-up from Suomi-sarja. The series were best-of-7 and winners of the pairs would play in Mestis in season 2023–2024.

Mestis last team Peliitat 4
Suomi-sarja winner Pyry 0
Mestis 2nd last team FPS 4
Suomi-sarja runner-up JHT 2

Final rankings
K-Espoo
Ketterä
RoKi
4JoKP
5Hermes
6IPK
7KOOVEE
8TUTO Hockey
9KeuPa HT
10K-Vantaa
11Hokki
12HK Zemgale/LLU
13FPS
14Peliitat

References
  1. "Mestiksen pelaamistapa kaudella 2022-2023" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. "Sarjataulukko". Mestis.fi. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
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