# 2024–25 Mestis season

The 2024–25 Mestis season is the 25th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participates in the league and each will play 49 games during the regular season.
The regular season is followed by playoffs, promotion and relegation series. The winner of the playoffs will be declared the Champion of Mestis and will participate in the promotion series to Liiga. Those teams finishing ninth and tenth will play a series to avoid relegation to Suomi-Sarja.

## Clubs

Updated 16 September 2024.
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | Tuukka Poikonen |
| Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Antti Halonen |
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, - | 1966 | Simo Karjalainen |
| Jokerit | Helsinki | Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 | 1967 | Risto Dufva |
| JoKP | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | Kasper Vuorinen |
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 | 1957 | Janne Tuunanen |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Niko Raiskio |
| Kiekko-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 3,700 | 1994 | Jani Manninen |
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Sakari Salmela |
| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 | 1929 | Jonne Virtanen |

## Team changes

The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season:

### To Mestis

Promoted from Suomi-sarja
* None
Relegated from Liiga
* None as Liiga is closed

### From Mestis

Promoted to Liiga
* Kiekko-Espoo
Relegated to Suomi-sarja
* FPS
Other
* KOOVEE did not receive a license for the season and went bankrupt.

## Regular season

The regular season consists of 49 matches.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
| 1 | Jokerit | 49 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 178 | 72 | +106 | 113 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | IPK | 49 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 153 | 130 | +23 | 83 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Ketterä | 49 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 145 | 125 | +20 | 81 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | JoKP | 49 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 130 | 147 | −17 | 72 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Hermes | 49 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 135 | 164 | −29 | 72 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 6 | K-Vantaa | 49 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 154 | 150 | +4 | 70 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 7 | RoKi | 49 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 116 | 136 | −20 | 68 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 8 | TUTO Hockey* | 49 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 147 | 142 | +5 | 65 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 9 | KeuPa HT | 49 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 110 | 137 | −27 | 56 | Advance to Relegation series |
| 10 | Hokki | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 108 | 173 | −65 | 49 | Advance to Relegation series |
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes * = TUTO Hockey has been deducted 6 points

## Playoffs

Playoffs are being played in three stages. Quarter-Finals is a best-of-5 series, with the semifinals and the finals being a 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. The bronze medal will be decided in a single game.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-5) | Quarter-finals (best-of-5) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| 1 | Jokerit | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TUTO Hockey | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TUTO Hockey | 0 | 1 | Jokerit | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | K-Vantaa | 1 | | | |
| 2 | IPK | 3 | 4 | K-Vantaa | 1 | | | |
| 7 | RoKi | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | RoKi | 1 | | | | 1 | Jokerit | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | IPK | 0 |
| 3 | Ketterä | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | IPK | 0 |
| 6 | K-Vantaa | 3 | | | |
| 6 | K-Vantaa | 3 | 2 | IPK | 4 | Bronze game | Bronze game | Bronze game |
| | | | 3 | JoKP | 1 |
| 4 | JoKP | 3 | 3 | JoKP | 1 | 3 | JoKP | |
| 5 | Hermes | 1 | | | | 4 | K-Vantaa | |

## Promotion

For the first time since the summer of 2013, the promotion playoffs will make a comeback. The Mestis champion will compete against the last-placed team of Liiga, with the winner of the best-of-7 series being promoted to Liiga and the loser being relegated to Mestis.
* Series is yet to begin

## Relegation

In the first round of the relegation series the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the loser will continue to play against the champion of Suomi-sarja for a place in next season in Mestis. Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.
| 1st round of relegation series | 1st round of relegation series | 1st round of relegation series | 2nd round of relegation series | 2nd round of relegation series |
| | | | 1 | Loser of round 1 |
| 9 | KeuPa HT | 3 | 2 | Suomi-Sarja Winner |
| 10 | Hokki | 1 | | |