The 2024–25 Mestis season was 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.
Clubs Updated 16 September 2024. Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Simo Liukka 27.10.2024 Juha-Matti Kemppainen Hokki Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Antti Halonen IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, - 1966 Simo Karjalainen 25.2.2025 Toni Ruotsalainen Jokerit Helsinki Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 1967 Tero Määttä 16.9.2024 Risto Dufva JoKP Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Kasper Vuorinen 9.2.2025 Mikko Rämö Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 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 1979 Sakari Salmela 26.9.2024 Mikko Sirento-Manninen TUTO Hockey Turku Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 1929 Jonne Virtanen 14.1.2025 Samuli Marjeta
Team changes The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season:
To Mestis
Promoted from Suomi-sarja None
Relegated from Liiga None as Liiga is closed
From Mestis
Promoted to Liiga Kiekko-Espoo
Relegated to Suomi-sarja FPS
Other KOOVEE did not receive a license for the season and went bankrupt.
Regular season
The regular season consists of 49 matches.
Playoffs 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.
Bracket
Promotion
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.
Playout and Relegation series The bottom two teams from the regular season will compete in a playout series, with the winner securing their spot in Mestis. The loser will then face the Suomi-sarja champion in a relegation series to determine who will play in Mestis next season
Both the playout and the relegation series are played as a best-of-7 series.
Bracket
* = 24.3.2025 Hokki declared bankruptcy. This means the 2nd round of relegation series will not be played and Pyry was declared the winner.
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