Mestis

Mestis (from Finnish:Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). It had initially been the highest hockey league in Finland that could be reached through playing merits alone; 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 Liiga was re-opened in the 2008–09 season. Vaasan Sport was promoted in 2014–15, KooKoo was promoted in 2015–16, and Jukurit was promoted in 2016–17.
==Clubs==
Team 	City 	Home arena, capacity 	Founded	Head coach
KOOVEE 	Tampere 	Hakametsä 2 arena, 800 	1929 	Juha Pajuoja
Hermes 	Kokkola 	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 	1953 	Antti Karhula
Hokki 	Kajaani 	Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 	1968 	Niko Eronen
IPK 	Iisalmi 	Kankaan jäähalli, - 	1966 	Jukka Niiranen
JoKP 	Joensuu 	Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 	1953 	Ari Aaltonen
Ketterä 	Imatra 	Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 	1957 	Maso Lehtonen
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa 	Trio Areena, 3,700 	1994 	Simo Mälkiä
Kiekko-Espoo 	Espoo 	Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982	2018 	Mikko Heiskanen
KeuPa HT 	Keuruu 	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 	1995 	Mikko Heiskanen
FPS 	Forssa 	Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 	1931 	Asko Rantanen
Peliitat 	Heinola 	Versowood Areena, 2,975 	1984 	Marko Tuomainen
RoKi 	Rovaniemi 	Lappi Areena, 3,500 	1979 	Petteri Hirvonen
SaPKo 	Savonlinna	Winter Salon rink, 2,833 	1929 	Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey 	Turku 	Marli Areena, 3,000 	1929 	Miika Elomo
==Winners==
Year	Champion 	Silver 	Bronze 	Regular SeasonWinner
2001	Jukurit 	TuTo 	Hermes 	TuTo
2002	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	KalPa 	Jukurit
2003	Jukurit 	K-Vantaa 	KooKoo 	Jukurit
2004	KalPa 	Jukurit 	Hermes 	Jukurit
2005	KalPa 	Sport 	TuTo 	KalPa
2006	Jukurit 	Sport 	TuTo 	Jukurit
2007	Hokki 	Jukurit 	Sport 	Sport
2008	TuTo 	Hokki 	Jukurit 	TuTo
2009	Sport 	Jokipojat 	Hokki 	Jokipojat
2010	Jokipojat 	D-Team 	KooKoo 	KooKoo
2011	Sport 	Jukurit 	D-Team 	Jukurit
2012	Sport 	Jokipojat 	KooKoo 	Jukurit
2013	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	TUTO Hockey 	Jukurit
2014	KooKoo 	Jukurit 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey
2015	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	Hokki 	Jukurit
2016	Jukurit 	Hokki 	Jokipojat 	Jukurit
2017	SaPKo 	K-Vantaa 	Espoo-United 	SaPKo
2018	KeuPa HT 	TUTO Hockey 	SaPKo 	KeuPa HT
2019	Ketterä 	KeuPa HT 	TUTO Hockey 	Hermes
2020	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.	Ketterä
2021	Ketterä 	Hermes 	IPK 	Kiekko-Espoo
Medaltable:
team 	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jukurit 	7 	4 	1
Sport 	3 	2 	1
KalPa 	2 	0 	1
KooKoo 	1 	3 	3
TUTO Hockey 	1 	2 	5
Hokki 	1 	2 	2
Jokipojat 	1 	2 	1
KeuPa HT 	1 	1 	0
SaPKo 	1 	0 	1
Ketterä 	1 	0 	0
K-Vantaa 	0 	2 	0
JYP-Akatemia	0 	1 	1
Hermes 	0 	0 	2
Espoo United	0 	0 	1
== Past participants ==
* Jää-Kotkat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2003.
* Hyvinkään Ahmat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2004.
*KalPa, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2005.
*Haukat, resigned in 2006.
*FPS and KOOVEE, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2007.
*HC Salamat relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2008.
*Kotkan Titaanit relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2009.
*Kiekko-Laser went bankrupt in 2011.
*Vaasan Sport, promoted to the Liiga in 2014.
*HC Keski-Uusimaa was abandoned serial place in 2014.
*KooKoo, promoted to the Liiga in 2015.
*Jukurit, promoted to the Liiga in 2016.
*JYP-Akatemia, relegated to the Suomi-sarja and folded in 2017.
*Hokki, went bankrupt in 2017.
*Espoo United, went bankrupt in 2018.
===Mestis timeline===
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 	2013–14 	2014–15 	2015–16 	2016–17 	2017–18 	2018–19 	2019–20 	2020–21 	 	 	
K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	 	 	
TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	 	 	
Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ahmat 	Ahmat 	Ahmat 	Ahmat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
UJK 	UJK 	UJK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Diskos 	Diskos 	 	 	 	 	 	 	D Team 	D Team 	D Team 	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jokipojat	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	JoKP 	 	 	
 	KalPa 	KalPa 	KalPa 	KalPa 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	 	 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki	Hokki	Hokki
 	 	 	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	KOOVEE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Titaanit 	Titaanit	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	RoKi 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	K-Laser 	K-Laser 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	HCK 	HCK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Espoo United	Espoo United	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	K-Espoo 	 	 	
==References==
== External links ==
*Mestis Official website (in Finnish)
 
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