The 2024–25

Mestis Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division ...

season was the 25th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in

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. 10 teams participates in the league and each will play 49 games during the regular season. The regular season is followed by

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series. The winner of the playoffs will be declared the Champion of Mestis and will participate in the promotion series to

Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mesti ...

. Those teams finishing ninth and tenth will play a series to avoid relegation 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 Provi ...

Clubs

Updated 16 September 2024.

Team changes

The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 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 Provi ...

* None Relegated from

* None as Liiga is closed

From Mestis

Promoted to

Kiekko-Espoo Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...

Relegated to

* FPS Other * KOOVEE did not receive a license for the season and went

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Regular season

The regular season consists of 49 matches. Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes
* = TUTO Hockey has been deducted 6 points

Playoffs

Playoffs are being played in three stages. Quarter-Finals is a best-of-5 series, with the semifinals and the finals being a 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. The bronze medal will be decided in a single game.

Bracket

Promotion

For the first time since the summer of 2013, the promotion playoffs will make a comeback. The Mestis champion will compete against the last-placed team of Liiga, with the winner of the best-of-7 series being promoted to Liiga and the loser being relegated to Mestis.

Playout and Relegation series

The bottom two teams from the regular season will compete in a playout series, with the winner securing their spot in Mestis. The loser will then face the

champion in a relegation series to determine who will play in Mestis next season Both the playout and the relegation series are played as a best-of-7 series.

Bracket

* = 24.3.2025 Hokki declared bankruptcy. This means the 2nd round of relegation series will not be played and Pyry was declared the winner.

References

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