| 2023–24 Mestis season | |
| League: | Mestis |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 2023 – April 2024 |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
| Tv: | C More |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champ Name: | Best record |
| Season Champs: | IPK |
| Second Place: | Ketterä |
| Promote To: | Liiga |
| Promote: | Kiekko-Espoo |
| Relegate To: | Suomi-sarja |
| Relegate: | FPS |
| Finals: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | IPK |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Ketterä |
| Seasonslist: | List of Mestis seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | Mestis |
| Prevseason Link: | 2022–23 Mestis season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2024–25 Mestis season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Mestis season was the 24th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 13 teams participated in the league.This season marked the return of Jokerit to Finnish hockey after 10 years in the KHL.[1]
Updated 25 July 2023.
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPS | Forssa | Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 | 1931 |  Asko Rantanen | ||
| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | Tuukka Poikonen | ||
| Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Pasi Räsänen | ||
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, - | align=center | 1966 | Niko Härkönen | |
| Jokerit | Helsinki | Keravan jäähalli, 2,000Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 | align=center | 1967 | Tero Määttä | |
| JoKP | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | align=center | 1953 | Kari Martikainen | |
| Kiekko-Espoo | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,900 | 2018 | Tomas Westerlund | ||
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 | align=center | 1957 | Tuomo Ropo | |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Sami Ryhänen | ||
| KOOVEE | Tampere | Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 | align=center | 1929 | Miikka Kuusela | |
| Kiekko-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 3,700 | 1994 | Jani Manninen | ||
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | align=center | 1979 | Maso Lehtonen | |
| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 | align=center | 1929 | Hermanni Vidman |
The following team changes have happened for the 2023–24 season:
Promoted from Suomi-sarja
Relegated from Liiga
Other
Promoted to Liiga
Relegated to Suomi-sarja
Other
The regular season consists of 48 matches.Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.
Playoffs are being played in four stages. Wild-card round is a best-of-3 series, with the quarter-finals, the semifinals and the final being 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.
As the champion of Mestis in season 2022-23, Liiga decided to promote Kiekko-Espoo for the Liiga Season 2024-25.[5]
In the first round of relegation playoffs the 12th and 13th seated teams will play against each other. The loser will be relegated to the Suomi-sarja for next season.
In the second round of relegation playoffs, the winner of the first round will play against the champion of Suomi-sarja. The winner of this round will play next season in Mestis and the loser will be in Suomi-sarja.
Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.