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.
Clubs
Updated 25 July 2023.
Team changes
The following team changes have happened for the 2023–24 season:
To Mestis
Promoted from
Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provinci ...
* 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
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provinci ...
* None
Other
*
HK Zemgale/LLU
HK Zemgale/LLU are a Latvian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis, the second tier of ice hockey in Finland and also Latvian Hockey Higher League. The team is based in Jelgava and play their home games at the Jelgava Ice hall.
...
did not receive a license
*
Peliitat
Heinolan Peliitat (''formerly Heinolan Kiekko'') is an ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland. The club is made up of 11 teams with the top team playing in the Mestis. They play their home games in the Versowood Areena, which has a capacity o ...
went bankrupt an thus did not receive a license
Regular season
The regular season consists of 48 matches.
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.
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
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
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provinci ...
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.
References
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Mestis seasons
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