Mestis

Mestis
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2000
No. of teams	12
Most recent champion(s)	Jukurit
Most championship(s)	Jukurit (6)
TV partner(s)	Elisa, Veikkaus
Official website	mestis.fi
Related competitions	SM-liiga, Suomi-sarja

Mestis (from 'Mestaruussarja', 'Championship series'), is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.

The league was established in 2000 to replace the I-Divisioona. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; the SM-liiga was closed (to teams being relegated or promoted) in 2000. After the 2004–05 season, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga, and the league was re-opened in the 2008–09 season.

Clubs

Team	City	Home arena, capacity	Founded
Hermes	Kokkola	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200	1953
Hokki	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli, 1,400	1968
Jokipojat	Joensuu	LVI-Myller Areena, 4,800	1953
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Kalevankankaan jäähalli, 4,400	1970
JYP-Akatemia	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena, 4,365	1974
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa	Trio Areena, 2,004	1994
KeuPa HT	Keuruu	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100	1995
LeKi	Lempäälä	Masku Areena, 800	1904
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena, 2,975	1984
Rovaniemen Kiekko	Rovaniemi	Lappi Areena, 3,500	1979
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Talvisalon jäähalli, 2,833	1929
TUTO Hockey	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000	1929

Winners

Year	Champion	Silver	Bronze
2001	Jukurit	TuTo	Hermes
2002	Jukurit	KooKoo	KalPa
2003	Jukurit	K-Vantaa	KooKoo
2004	KalPa	Jukurit	Hermes
2005	KalPa	Sport	TuTo
2006	Jukurit	Sport	TuTo
2007	Hokki	Jukurit	Sport
2008	TuTo	Hokki	Jukurit
2009	Sport	Jokipojat	Hokki
2010	Jokipojat	D-Team	KooKoo
2011	Sport	Jukurit	D-Team
2012	Sport	Jokipojat	KooKoo
2013	Jukurit	KooKoo	TuTo
2014	KooKoo	Jukurit	TuTo
2015	Jukurit	KooKoo	Hokki
2016	Jukurit	Hokki	Jokipojat

Defunct teams

• Haukat
• Kiekko-Laser
• HC Keski-Uusimaa

External links

• Mestis Official website, in Finnish