The 2005–06

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season was the sixth season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in

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. 11 teams participated in the league, and Jukurit won the championship. The season was played with only 11 teams because

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got promoted to

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at the end of last season.

Standings

Playoffs

Qualification

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got 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 Provi ...

Haukat The Jääurheiluseura Hawks, commonly known as the Haukat ('Hawks'), is a men's ice hockey team in the Suomi-sarja, the third-tier professional ice hockey league in Finland. The team is based in Järvenpää, in the Uusimaa region of southern F ...

gave up their place in Mestis without relegation matches. Top three teams of the relegation series got promoted.

External links

Season
on hockeyarchives.info {{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 Mestis season

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2005–06 in Finnish ice hockey Mestis seasons