2023–24 Mestis season

The 2023–24 Mestis season was the 24th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 13 teams participated in the league.
This season marked the return of Jokerit to Finnish hockey after 10 years in the KHL.
==Team changes==
The following team changes have happened for the 2023–24 season:
=== To Mestis ===
Promoted from Suomi-sarja
* None
Relegated from Liiga
* None as Liiga is closed
Other
* Jokerit from the KHL
=== From Mestis ===
Promoted to Liiga
* None as Liiga is closed
Relegated to Suomi-sarja
* None
Other
* HK Zemgale/LLU did not receive a license
* Peliitat went bankrupt an thus did not receive a license
==Regular season==
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Final Result
1 	IPK 	48 	32	4 	4 	8 	205	123	+82 	108	Advance to Quarterfinals
2 	Ketterä 	48 	29	5 	1 	13	192	115	+77 	98 	Advance to Quarterfinals
3 	Jokerit 	48 	23	10 	5 	10	179	120	+59 	94 	Advance to Quarterfinals
4 	K-Espoo 	48 	26	2 	5 	15	166	130	+36 	87 	Advance to Quarterfinals
5 	TUTO Hockey	48 	22	6 	7 	13	145	142	+3 	85 	Advance to Quarterfinals
6 	Hermes 	48 	22	4 	6 	16	180	147	+33 	80 	Advance to Quarterfinals
7 	JoKP 	48 	18	5 	8 	17	146	158	−12 	72 	Advance to Wild-card round
8 	RoKi 	48 	18	6 	5 	19	165	177	−12 	71 	Advance to Wild-card round
9 	K-Vantaa 	48 	19	3 	7 	19	164	158	+6 	70 	Advance to Wild-card round
10 	KOOVEE 	48 	13	6 	3 	26	122	174	−52 	54 	Advance to Wild-card round
11 	KeuPa HT 	48 	11	7 	5 	25	122	180	−58 	52 	
12 	Hokki 	48 	9 	4 	6 	29	112	166	−54 	41 	Qualification to relegation playoffs
13 	FPS 	48 	5 	3 	3 	37	95 	203	−108	24 	Qualification to 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.
;Qualifiers
*JoKP - KOOVEE 4:3 OT, 6:3
*RoKi - Kiekko-Vantaa 6:3, 5:2
;Quarterfinals
*IPK - RoKi 4:3 OT, 1:3, 5:3, 3:5, 4:3 OT, 4:3 OT
*Kettera - JoKP 2:3, 6:1, 3:2 OT, 5:3, 4:0
*Hermes - Jokerit 3:1, 3:2 OT, 2:3, 3:1, 2:6, 6:1
*Kiekko-Espoo - TuTo 5:0, 4:1, 2:1, 0:2, 3:5, 1:2 OT, 4:1
;Semifinals
*IPK - Hermes 0:3, 4:3, 6:2, 3:4 OT, 3:8, 3:1, 4:2
*Kettera - Kiekko-Espoo 2:1, 3:2, 5:0, 2:1
;3rd place
*Kiekko-Espoo - Hermes 3:1
;Final
*IPK - Kettera 5:4 OT, 3:7, 4:1, 5:1, 0:6, 3:5, 3:0
==Promotion and Relegation==
===Promotion===
As the champion of Mestis in season 2022-23, Liiga decided to promote Kiekko-Espoo for the Liiga Season 2024-25.
===Relegation===
In the first round of relegation playoffs the 12th and 13th seated teams will play against each other. The loser will be relegated to the Suomi-sarja for next season.
In the second round of relegation playoffs, the winner of the first round will play against the champion of Suomi-sarja. The winner of this round will play next season in Mestis and the loser will be in Suomi-sarja.
Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.
*Hokki Kajaani - FPS Forssa 5:2, 4:3, 1:4, 5:2, 6:1
*Hokki Kajaani - Pyry Nokia 5:0, 4:3 OT, 5:2, 3:2 
== References ==
Category:2024 in ice hockey