Mestis

Mestis

Formerly	I-Divisioona
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2000
No. of teams	13
Countries	Finland
Most recent champion(s)	Jukurit
Most titles	Jukurit (7)
TV partner(s)	Fanseat Elisa Viihde VeikkausTV
Related competitions	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. Vaasan-Sport was promoted 2014–15, KooKoo was promoted 2015–16 and Jukurit was 2016–17.

Clubs

Mestis team map

Team	City	Home arena, capacity	Founded	Head coach
Espoo United	Espoo	Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982	2016	Timo Hirvonen
Hermes	Kokkola	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200	1953	Antti Karhula
Hokki	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli, 1,400	1968	Jari Laukkanen
Iisalmen Peli-Karhut	Iisalmi	Kankaan jäähalli, -	1966	Jukka Niiranen
Jokipojat	Joensuu	Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800	1953	Ari Aaltonen
JYP-Akatemia	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena, 4,365	1974	Jukka Ahvenjärvi
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa	Trio Areena, 3,700	1994	Simo Mälkiä
KeuPa HT	Keuruu	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100	1995	Mikko Heiskanen
LeKi	Lempäälä	Masku Areena, 800	1904	Miikka Kuusela
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena, 2,975	1984	Marko Tuomainen
Rovaniemen Kiekko	Rovaniemi	Lappi Areena, 3,500	1979	Petteri Hirvonen
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Winter Salon rink, 2,833	1929	Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000	1929	Miika Elomo

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
2014	KooKoo	Jukurit	TuTo
2015	Jukurit	KooKoo	Hokki
2016	Jukurit	Hokki	Jokipojat

Defunct teams

External links

Mestis Official website, in Finnish

Mestis

Teams	Espoo United Kajaanin Hokki Jokipojat Iisalmen Peli-Karhut JYP-Akatemia Kiekko-Vantaa Kokkolan Hermes RoKi LeKi Peliitat SaPKo TuTo KeuPa HT

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Related topics	SM-liiga Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team Finland women's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct)

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Liiga

Current teams	HIFK HPK Ilves Jukurit JYP KalPa KooKoo Kärpät Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Sport Tappara TPS Ässät

Former teams	Blues FPS Jokerit Jokipojat KOOVEE TuTo

Trophies and awards	Kanada-malja Kultainen kypärä Kalevi Numminen trophy Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy Matti Keinonen trophy Raimo Kilpiö trophy Urpo Ylönen trophy Pekka Rautakallio trophy Aarne Honkavaara trophy Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Lasse Oksanen trophy Jari Kurri trophy

Other	Mestis Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team Finland women's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct)

Related articles: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

References

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