Mestis

Mestis

Formerly	I-Divisioona
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2000
No. of teams	12
Countries	Finland
Most recent champion(s)	Jukurit
Most titles	Jukurit (5)
TV partner(s)	Fanseat Elisa Viihde VeikkausTV
Related competitions	SM-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.

Clubs

Hermes

Mestis team map

Team	City	Home arena, capacity	Founded	Head coach
Hermes	Kokkola	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200	1953	Antti Karhula
Hokki	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli, 1,400	1968	Jari Laukkanen
Jokipojat	Joensuu	LVI-Myller Areena, 4,800	1953	Ari Aaltonen
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Kalevankankaan jäähalli, 4,400	1970	Antti Pennanen
JYP-Akatemia	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena, 4,365	1974	Jukka Ahvenjärvi
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa	Trio Areena, 2,004	1994	Jami Kauppi
KeuPa HT	Keuruu	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100	1995	Ville Nieminen
LeKi	Lempäälä	Masku Areena, 800	1904	Juha Juujärvi
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena, 2,975	1984	Lauri Merikivi
Rovaniemen Kiekko	Rovaniemi	Lappi Areena, 3,500	1979	Petteri Hirvonen
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Talvisalon jäähalli, 2,833	1929	Pasi Räsänen
TUTO Hockey	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000	1929	Ismo Lehkonen

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	HC Keski-Uusimaa Hokki Jokipojat Jukurit JYP-Akatemia Kiekko-Vantaa KooKoo KalPa Team Kuopio LeKi Peliitat SaPKo Vaasan Sport 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	Blues HIFK HPK Ilves JYP KalPa KooKoo Kärpät Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Sport Tappara TPS Ässät

Former teams	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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