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 | |
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League | Mestis |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 23 September 2021 – April 2022 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Regular season | |
Best record | Ketterä |
Runners-up | K-Espoo |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | Ketterä (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Kiekko-Espoo |
Clubs
Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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FPS | Forssa | Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 | 1931 | ![]() |
Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | ![]() |
Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | ![]() |
IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 | 1966 | ![]() |
JoKP | Joensuu | PKS Areena, 4,800 | 1953 | ![]() |
Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | ![]() |
KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | ![]() |
K-Espoo | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 | 2018 | ![]() |
K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | ![]() |
KOOVEE | Tampere | Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 | 1929 | ![]() |
Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,686 | 1984 | ![]() |
RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | ![]() |
SaPKo | Savonlinna | Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 | 1929 | ![]() ![]() |
TUTO Hockey | Turku | Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 | 1929 | ![]() |
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Final Result |
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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 |
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
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
27 April 2022 18:30 EEST | FPS | 2–3 OT2 (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0, 0–1) | RoKi | Forssa Ice Hall, Forssa Attendance: 912 |
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Petrus Lintonen | Goalies | Vilho Heikkinen | Referees: Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||
64 | Shots | 69 |
Finals
27 April 2022 18:30 EEST | Ketterä | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) score in the series: 1–0 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 842 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Henri Neva Mikko Silvennoinen Linesmen: Juho-Pekka Inkinen Teo Mäkinen | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||
71 | Shots | 20 |
29 April 2022 18:30 EEST | K-Espoo | 5–2 (1–2, 0–0, 4–0) score in the series: 1–1 | Ketterä | Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo Attendance: 2,301 |
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Jani Lampinen | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Antti Hölli Jonne Mäkisalo Linesmen: Joonas Jalonen Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 57 |
30 April 2022 17:00 EEST | Ketterä | 3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–1 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,032 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Jani Pesonen Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
38 | Shots | 34 |
2 May 2022 18:30 EEST | K-Espoo | 1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0) score in the series: 1–3 | Ketterä | Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo Attendance: 2,514 |
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Jani Lampinen | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Antti Hölli Jonne Mäkisalo Linesmen: Joonas Jalonen Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
29 | Shots | 36 |
4 May 2022 18:30 EEST | Ketterä | 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0) score in the series: 4–1 | K-Espoo | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,350 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Jani Lampinen | Referees: Jani Pesonen Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Niko Nurmio | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 29 |
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 |
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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 |
Final rankings
![]() | Ketterä |
![]() | K-Espoo |
![]() | RoKi |
4 | FPS |
5 | JoKP |
6 | KeuPa HT |
7 | Hokki |
8 | IPK |
9 | Hermes |
10 | K-Vantaa |
11 | TUTO Hockey |
12 | SaPKo |
13 | Peliitat |
14 | KOOVEE |
References
- "Kausi 2021-2022 starttaa 23.9. Avauspäivänä nähdään mm. viime kauden finaaliparin kohtaaminen" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- "SaPKo erotti päävalmentajansa Niko Erosen vain neljän Mestis-ottelun jälkeen" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. 2021-10-07.
- "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.