2021–22 Mestis season

The 2021–22 Mestis season was the 22nd season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Therefore, this season there would be 14 teams.[1]

2021–22 Mestis
LeagueMestis
SportIce hockey
Duration23 September 2021 – April 2022
Number of teams14
Regular season
Best recordKetterä
  Runners-upK-Espoo
Playoffs
Finals championsKetterä (3rd title)
  Runners-upKiekko-Espoo

Clubs
Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
FPS Forssa Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 1931 Finland Asko Rantanen
Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Finland Jere Härkälä
Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Finland Pasi Räsänen
IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 1966 Finland Niko Härkönen
JoKP Joensuu PKS Areena, 4,800 1953 Finland Kari Martikainen
Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 1957 Finland Tuomo Ropo
KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Finland Tomas Westerlund
K-Espoo Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2018 Finland Kim Hirschovits
K-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Finland Mika Niskanen
KOOVEE Tampere Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 1929 Finland Vesa Viitakoski
Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,686 1984 Finland Hannes Hyvönen
RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Finland Maso Lehtonen
SaPKo Savonlinna Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 1929 Finland Niko Eronen 7.10.2021
Finland Juho Nykänen[2]
TUTO Hockey Turku Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 1929 Finland Antti Virtanen

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PCT Final Result
1 Ketterä 52 30 7 3 12 191 132 +59 .686 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 K-Espoo 52 26 9 4 13 158 126 +32 .641
3 JoKP 52 27 6 5 14 182 129 +53 .628
4 FPS 52 24 5 6 17 170 152 +18 .564
5 KeuPa HT 52 22 4 6 20 165 170 −5 .513
6 RoKi 52 19 8 7 18 152 161 −9 .513
7 Hokki 52 21 4 8 19 152 155 −3 .506 Advance to Wild-card round
8 IPK 52 18 8 6 20 143 151 −8 .487
9 Hermes 52 18 4 9 21 142 151 −9 .455
10 K-Vantaa 52 17 6 8 21 146 172 −26 .455
11 TUTO Hockey 52 18 5 5 24 145 145 0 .442 Qualification to relegation playoffs
12 SaPKo 52 17 5 5 25 143 159 −16 .423
13 Peliitat 52 12 9 5 26 132 163 −31 .378
14 KOOVEE 52 10 5 8 29 130 185 −55 .308
Source: Mestis

Rules for classification: 1) Points-per-game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[3]

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.

Bracket
Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Ketterä 4
7 Hokki 2 8 IPK 1
10 K-Vantaa 1 1 Ketterä 4
6 RoKi 3
2 K-Espoo 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Hokki 0
1 Ketterä 4
2 K-Espoo 1
3 JoKP 1
8 IPK 2 6 RoKi 4
9 Hermes 0 2 K-Espoo 4 Bronze medal game
4 FPS 2
4 FPS 4 6 RoKi 1
5 KeuPa HT 3 4 FPS 0

Wild-card round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game
27 April 2022
18:30 EEST		FPS2–3 OT2
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0, 0–1)		RoKiForssa Ice Hall, Forssa
Attendance: 912
Game reference
Petrus LintonenGoaliesVilho HeikkinenReferees:
Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen
Janne Wuorenheimo
Linesmen:
Luka Mäkinen
Niko Nurmio
Rybchyk (Karlsson, Alapuranen) – 21:361–0
Kärjä (Ronkainen, Vainio) – 27:402–0
2–136:20 – Smedberg (Tumānovs, Poluvytnov)
2–241:32 – Sedlak (Huttunen, Poluvytnov) (PP)
2–382:51 – Canade (Järvelä, Kaarela)
10 minPenalties16 min
64Shots69

Finals
27 April 2022
18:30 EEST		Ketterä4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–0		K-EspooImatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 842
Game reference
Santeri LipiäinenGoaliesJani LampinenReferees:
Henri Neva
Mikko Silvennoinen
Linesmen:
Juho-Pekka Inkinen
Teo Mäkinen
0–108:50 – Turtiainen (Tuomaala) (PP1)
Kettunen (Viskari, Karjalainen) (PP1) – 17:191–1
Luhanka (Liuksiala, Ruotsi) – 23:082–1
Shekhovtsov (Rämö, Stråka) – 45:043–1
Perttu (Kautiainen, Rikkilä) (PP1) – 51:454–1
12 minPenalties16 min
71Shots20
29 April 2022
18:30 EEST		K-Espoo5–2
(1–2, 0–0, 4–0)
score in the series: 1–1		KetteräTapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,301
Game reference
Jani LampinenGoaliesSanteri LipiäinenReferees:
Antti Hölli
Jonne Mäkisalo
Linesmen:
Joonas Jalonen
Miro Skinnarla
0–104:06 – Stråka (Kautiainen, Rämö)
0–204:25 – Kettunen (Chizhikov)
Ollikainen (Tuomaala, Keskitalo) – 05:351–2
Ollikainen (Takkunen) – 52:352–2
Turtiainen (Lemetyinen, Villanen) (PP1) – 55:573–2
Iisakka (EN) – 59:074–2
Pesonen (EN) – 59:545–2
2 minPenalties4 min
35Shots57
30 April 2022
17:00 EEST		Ketterä3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–1		K-EspooImatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,032
Game reference
Santeri LipiäinenGoaliesJani LampinenReferees:
Jani Pesonen
Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen
Linesmen:
Luka Mäkinen
Niko Nurmio
Rämö (Rikkilä, Perttu) (PP1) – 11:441–0
Perttu (Rikkilä) – 19:592–0
Korhonen – 43:103–0
0 minPenalties8 min
38Shots34
2 May 2022
18:30 EEST		K-Espoo1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–3		KetteräTapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,514
Game reference
Jani LampinenGoaliesSanteri LipiäinenReferees:
Antti Hölli
Jonne Mäkisalo
Linesmen:
Joonas Jalonen
Miro Skinnarla
0–104:43 – Kautiainen (Vertanen, Luhanka)
Villanen (Hopponen, Turtiainen) (PP1) – 23:491–1
1–237:13 – Liuksiala (Kettunen, Haaparanta)
6 minPenalties4 min
29Shots36
4 May 2022
18:30 EEST		Ketterä4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 4–1		K-EspooImatra Spa Areena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,350
Game reference
Santeri LipiäinenGoaliesJani LampinenReferees:
Jani Pesonen
Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen
Linesmen:
Luka Mäkinen
Niko Nurmio
0–115:34 – Rantaeskola (Tuomaala, Ollikainen)
Kettunen (Vertanen, Haaparanta) – 18:491–1
Kautiainen (Kaksonen) – 22:082–1
Ruotsi (Liuksiala, Rämö) – 26:553–1
Viskari – 57:114–1
8 minPenalties4 min
39Shots29

Relegation

The bottom four teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja in a double round-robin format. The four best placed get a place in Mestis for the next season.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 TUTO Hockey 10 9 0 0 1 47 20 +27 27 Qualified for 2022-2023 Mestis season
2 Peliitat 10 5 2 1 2 47 29 +18 20
3 SaPKo 10 3 3 1 3 39 34 +5 16
4 KOOVEE 10 4 0 1 5 34 32 +2 13
5 JHT Kalajoki 10 2 0 2 6 27 51 −24 8 Relegated to Suomi-sarja
6 D-Kiekko 10 0 2 2 6 23 51 −28 6
Source:

Final rankings
Ketterä
K-Espoo
RoKi
4FPS
5JoKP
6KeuPa HT
7Hokki
8IPK
9Hermes
10K-Vantaa
11TUTO Hockey
12SaPKo
13Peliitat
14KOOVEE

References
  1. "Kausi 2021-2022 starttaa 23.9. Avauspäivänä nähdään mm. viime kauden finaaliparin kohtaaminen" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  2. "SaPKo erotti päävalmentajansa Niko Erosen vain neljän Mestis-ottelun jälkeen" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. 2021-10-07.
  3. "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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