The 2020–21 Mestis season was the 21st season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Due to promotion/relegation games being cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the last season both semi-finalists from last seasons Suomi-sarja (K-Espoo and FPS) were promoted to Mestis. Therefore, this seasons consisted of 14 teams.[1]
2020–21 Mestis | |
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League | Mestis |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2020 – April 2021 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Regular season | |
Best record | K-Espoo |
Runners-up | JoKP |
Top scorer | Joonas Larinmaa (KeuPa HT) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Marlo Koponen (Ketterä) |
Finals champions | Ketterä |
Runners-up | Hermes |
Clubs
editTeam | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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FPS | Forssa | Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 | 1931 | Asko Rantanen |
Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | Jere Härkälä |
Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Niko Eronen |
IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 | 1966 | Niko Härkönen |
JoKP | Joensuu | PKS Areena, 4,800 | 1953 | Benjamin Laurinkari |
Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | Maso Lehtonen |
KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Tomas Westerlund |
K-Espoo | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 | 2018 | Janne Tuunanen |
K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | Mika Niskanen |
KOOVEE | Tampere | Tampere Ice Stadium, 7,300 | 1929 | Juuso Hahl |
Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,686 | 1984 | Vesa Petäjä |
RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Santeri Immonen |
SaPKo | Savonlinna | Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 | 1929 | Pasi Räsänen |
TUTO Hockey | Turku | Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 | 1929 | Antti Virtanen |
Regular season
editInitially the plan was to have each team play 50 games in total but due to the season being on hold from 2 December 2020 to 10 February 2021 the teams were unable to play the full season.[2][3] Due to this points-per-game determines the order of the teams. SaPKo and RoKi decided not to continue the season when it resumed in February 2021.[4]
Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played a wild card round for the final two spots. Since the highest series of Finnish hockey is a closed series no team will be promoted to Liiga.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W+ | Pts | PPG | Final Result |
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1 | K-Espoo | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 108 | 84 | 24 | 3 | 60 | 1.94 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
2 | JoKP | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 107 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 59 | 1.90 | |
3 | Ketterä | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 130 | 92 | 38 | 1 | 57 | 1.84 | |
4 | KeuPa HT | 31 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 112 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 57 | 1.84 | |
5 | IPK | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 108 | 94 | 14 | 5 | 53 | 1.77 | |
6 | KOOVEE | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 89 | 93 | −4 | 2 | 44 | 1.57 | |
7 | K-Vantaa | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 89 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 1.45 | Advance to Wild-card round |
8 | TUTO Hockey | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 98 | 104 | −6 | 3 | 42 | 1.40 | |
9 | Hermes | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 86 | 96 | −10 | 4 | 37 | 1.23 | |
10 | Peliitat | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 92 | 113 | −21 | 4 | 36 | 1.16 | |
11 | FPS | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 77 | 103 | −26 | 1 | 32 | 1.07 | |
12 | Hokki | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 79 | 107 | −28 | 2 | 27 | 0.90 | |
13 | SaPKo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 4 | 27 | 1.50 | Did not finish the season |
14 | RoKi | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 0 | 24 | 1.33 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points-per-game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[5]
Playoffs
editPlayoffs are being played in four stages. Each stage before the final is a best-of-3 series, with the final being a best-of-5 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
editWild-card round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-3) | Semi-finals (best-of-3) | Finals (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | K-Espoo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | K-Vantaa | 2 | 9 | Hermes | 2 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Peliitat | 0 | 2 | JoKP | 0 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Hermes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | JoKP | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
7 | K-Vantaa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ketterä | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Hermes | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ketterä | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | TUTO Hockey | 1 | 6 | KOOVEE | 0 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Hermes | 2 | 3 | Ketterä | 2 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||||
5 | IPK | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | KeuPa HT | 1 | 2 | JoKP | 0 | ||||||||||||||
5 | IPK | 2 | 5 | IPK | 4 |
Wild-card round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
edit21 April 2021 18:30 | JoKP | 0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2) | IPK | PKS Areena, Joensuu Attendance: 20 |
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Leevi Nikkinen | Goalies | Samu Pakarinen | Referees: Jani Pesonen Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen: Joonas Hurskainen Markus Peltola | |||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 30 |
Finals
edit20 April 2021 18:30 | Ketterä | 2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Hermes | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 6 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Joel Blomqvist | Referees: Antti Hölli Pasi Nieminen Linesmen: Marko Aalto Janne Laukkala | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
48 | Shots | 29 |
22 April 2021 18:30 | Hermes | 2–7 (1–3, 1–0, 0–4) | Ketterä | Kokkolan jäähalli, Kokkola Attendance: 20 |
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Joel Blomqvist | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Jonne Mäkisalo Joona Vares Linesmen: Petteri Niemelä Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 32 |
24 April 2021 17:00 | Ketterä | 5–9 (4–2, 0–2, 1–5) | Hermes | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 6 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen Severi Auvinen | Goalies | Vilho Heikkinen Joel Blomqvist | Referees: Pasi Nieminen Antti Hölli Linesmen: Janne Laukkala Marko Aalto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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35 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 29 |
27 April 2021 18:30 | Hermes | 3–4 2OT (1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Ketterä | Kokkolan jäähalli, Kokkola Attendance: 20 |
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Joel Blomqvist | Goalies | Santeri Lipiäinen | Referees: Jonne Mäkitalo Joona Vares Linesmen: Petteri Niemelä Miro Skinnarla | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Shots | 47 |
29 April 2021 18:30 | Ketterä | 8–3 (3–2, 4–0, 1–1) | Hermes | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 6 |
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Santeri Lipiäinen | Goalies | Joel Blomqvist Vilho Heikkinen | Referees: Joona Vares Jonne Mäkisalo Linesmen: Miro Skinnarla Petteri Niemelä | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 38 |
Ketterä wins the finals 3–2.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lisenssikomitean päätöksiä - Forssan Palloseuralle Mestis-lisenssi" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Mestis-kausi starttaa torstaina - näin pelataan" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Jääkiekkoliiton alaisten sarjojen syyskausi keskeytetään 2.12. alkaen" (in Finnish). finhockey.fi. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Mestiksen runkosarja jatkuu ensi viikolla jo torstaina - näin pelataan" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.