| 2024–25 Mestis season | |
| League: | Mestis |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 2023 – April 2024 |
| No Of Games: | 49 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Tv: | MTV |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champ Name: | Best record |
| Season Champs: | TBA |
| Second Place: | TBA |
| Promote To: | Liiga |
| Promote: | TBA |
| Relegate To: | Suomi-sarja |
| Relegate: | TBA |
| Finals: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | TBA |
| Finals Runner-Up: | TBA |
| Seasonslist: | List of Mestis seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | Mestis |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023–24 Mestis season |
| Defending Champs: | IPK |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2025–26 Mestis season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Mestis season is the 25th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participates in the league and each will play 49 games during the regular season.
The regular season is followed by playoffs, promotion and relegation series. The winner of the playoffs will be declared the Champion of Mestis and will participate in the promotion series to Liiga. Those teams finishing ninth and tenth will play a series to avoid relegation to Suomi-Sarja.
Updated 16 September 2024.
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 |  Tuukka Poikonen | ||
| Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Antti Halonen | ||
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, - | align=center | 1966 | Simo Karjalainen | |
| Jokerit | Helsinki | Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 | align=center | 1967 | Risto Dufva | |
| JoKP | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | align=center | 1953 | Kasper Vuorinen | |
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 | align=center | 1957 | Janne Tuunanen | |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Niko Raiskio | ||
| Kiekko-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 3,700 | 1994 | Jani Manninen | ||
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | align=center | 1979 | Sakari Salmela | |
| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 | align=center | 1929 | Jonne Virtanen |
The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season:
Promoted from Suomi-sarja
Relegated from Liiga
Promoted to Liiga
Relegated to Suomi-sarja
Other
The regular season consists of 49 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 three stages. Quarter-Finals is a best-of-5 series, with the semifinals and the finals being a 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. The bronze medal will be decided in a single game.[3]
For the first time since the summer of 2013, the promotion playoffs will make a comeback. The Mestis champion will compete against the last-placed team of Liiga, with the winner of the best-of-7 series being promoted to Liiga and the loser being relegated to Mestis.[4]
In the first round of the relegation series the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the loser will continue to play against the champion of Suomi-sarja for a place in next season in Mestis. Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.