2016–17 Mestis season explained

2016–17 Mestis
League:Mestis
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:September 2016 – March 2017
No Of Teams:13
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:SaPKo
Season Champ Name:Best record
Second Place:TuTo
Top Scorer:Jonatan Tanus
Relegate:JYP-Akatemia
Relegate To:Suomi-sarja
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Mvp:Teemu Lepaus
Finals Champ:SaPKo
Finals Runner-Up:Kiekko-Vantaa
Seasonslist:List of Mestis seasons
Seasonslistnames:Mestis
Prevseason Link:2015–16 Mestis season
Prevseason Year:2015–16
Nextseason Link:2017–18 Mestis season
Nextseason Year:2017–18

The 2016–17 Mestis season was the 17th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Previous seasons champion Jukurit got a place in the Liiga. IPK got promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season. Espoo United got a place in Mestis after Espoo Blues suffered bankruptcy and the league was exceptionally played with 13 teams.

At the end of the season SaPKo won both the regular season and the playoffs. Hokki and IPK retained their place in Mestis, while JYP-Akatemia was relegated. Hokki faced bankruptcy during the off-season and thus Imatran Ketterä were awarded a place in Mestis for the next season.

Clubs

TeamCityHome arena, capacityFoundedHead coach
Espoo UnitedEspooEspoo Metro Areena, 6,982align=center 2016 Timo Hirvonen
HermesKokkolaKokkolan jäähalli, 4,2001953 Antti Karhula
HokkiKajaaniKajaanin Jäähalli, -align=center 1968 Jari Laukkanen
Iisalmen Peli-KarhutIisalmiKankaan jäähalli, -align=center 1966 Jukka Niiranen17.1.2017
Janne Sinkkonen
JokipojatJoensuuMehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800align=center 1953 Ari Aaltonen20.2.2017
Jouni
JYP-AkatemiaJyväskyläSynergia Areena, 4,618align=center 2008 Jukka Ahvenjärvi
KeuPa HTKeuruuKeuruun Jäähalli, 1,100align=center 1995 Mikko Heiskanen
Kiekko-VantaaVantaaTrio Areena, 3,700align=center 1994 Simo Mälkiä
LeKiLempääläMasku Areena, 800align=center 1904 Miikka Kuusela
PeliitatHeinolaVersowood Areena, 2,975align=center 1984 Marko Tuomainen
Rovaniemen KiekkoRovaniemiLappi Areena, 3,500align=center 1979 Petteri Hirvonen13.2.2017
Juha Juujärvi
SaPKoSavonlinnaTalvisalo ice rink, 2,833align=center 1929 Pasi Räsänen
TutoTurkuMarli Areena, 3,000align=center 1929 Miika Elomo

Regular season

Top eight advance to the Mestis playoffs while the bottom two face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a relegation playoff. Since the highest series of Finnish hockey is a closed series no team will be promoted to Liiga.

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[1]

Playoffs

Playoffs are being played in three stages. Each stage is a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the semifinals faces the worst team in the semifinals.

Bracket

Relegation qualification

Bottom three teams of Mestis face the top two teams of Suomi-Sarja in a relegation qualification, where two top teams will get a place in Mestis for the next season. Each team will play against each other twice.

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[2]

See also

2016–17 Liiga season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarjataulukko . Jatkoaika.com . 2018-03-05.
  2. Web site: Sarjataulukko . Jatkoaika.com . 2018-03-05.