Fixtures

DateRGazde vs Oaspeti-
03/29 15:00 2 Hermes vs IPK View
03/29 15:00 2 K-Espoo vs Ketterä View
03/30 15:00 2 IPK vs Hermes View
03/30 15:00 2 Ketterä vs K-Espoo View
03/30 16:00 1 Hokki vs Pyry View
04/01 14:00 2 Hermes vs IPK View
04/01 14:00 2 K-Espoo vs Ketterä View
04/01 16:00 1 Pyry vs Hokki View
04/03 16:00 1 Hokki vs Pyry View
04/05 16:00 1 Pyry vs Hokki View

Results

Date R Gazde vs Oaspeti -
03/27 16:30 2 [2] Ketterä vs K-Espoo [4] 2-1
03/27 16:30 2 [1] IPK vs Hermes [6] 0-3
03/25 16:30 3 [4] K-Espoo vs Tuto [5] 4-1
03/23 15:00 3 [5] Tuto vs K-Espoo [4] 2-1
03/23 15:00 3 [6] Hermes vs Jokerit [3] 6-1
03/23 15:00 3 [8] Roki vs IPK [1] 3-4
03/23 15:00 2 [12] Hokki vs FPS [13] 6-1
03/22 16:30 3 [4] K-Espoo vs Tuto [5] 3-5
03/22 16:30 3 [1] IPK vs Roki [8] 4-3
03/22 16:30 3 [2] Ketterä vs Kiekko-Pojat [7] 4-0
03/21 16:30 3 [3] Jokerit vs Hermes [6] 6-2
03/20 16:30 3 [7] Kiekko-Pojat vs Ketterä [2] 3-5

Wikipedia - Mestis

Mestis (from Finnish: Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') 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').

Mestis is the highest league that can be reached through playing merits alone. Being promoted to SM-liiga is only possible if a team's Liiga license application is accepted. Mestis, however, is an open league where relegation and promotion are possible with the 3rd league, Suomi-sarja.

Mestis is also the highest league governed by the FIHA.

History

In the years 2000–2008, it was not practically possible for Mestis teams to get promoted to the SM-liiga, which was closed in 2000, but it was possible to drop down to the Suomi-sarja instead. However, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga in the spring of 2005, when the number of teams in the league was increased from 13 to 14 teams. For the 2008–2009 season, the SM-liiga qualifiers were brought back for a few seasons, but in the 2013–2014 season, the qualifiers were removed again. After the elimination of the qualifiers, Sport, KooKoo and Jukurit have been promoted to the SM-liiga through the license system.

Mestis got a new team, HK Zemgale/LLU, from Latvia for the 2022–23 season. HK Zemgale had never played in a Finnish league before and was added to Mestis to bring more entertainment and internationalization to Finnish ice hockey.

According to Mestis themselves, they are talking with other international clubs about joining the Mestis league.