2018–19_Mestis_season
2018–19 Mestis season
Sports season
The 2018–19 Mestis season is the 19th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. KOOVEE was promoted from Suomi-sarja due to Espoo United declaring bankruptcy at the end of last season.
Quick Facts League, Sport ...
| 2018–19 Mestis | |
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| League | Mestis |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2018 – April 2019 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Best record | Hermes |
| Runners-up | LeKi |
| Top scorer | Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (K-Vantaa) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Sameli Ventelä (Ketterä) |
| Finals champions | Ketterä |
| Runners-up | KeuPa HT |
| Mestis seasons | |
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2018–19 Mestis season (Finland)
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More information Team, City ...
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 |  Janne Tuunanen |
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,326 | 1966 | Tommi Miettinen[1] |
| Jokipojat | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | Jouni Varis |
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | Maso Lehtonen |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Niko Härkönen |
| K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | Reijo Ruotsalainen[2] |
| KOOVEE | Tampere | Hakametsä 2, 1050 | 1929 | Juha Pajuoja |
| LeKi | Lempäälä | Masku Areena, 800 | 1904 | Miikka Kuusela |
| Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,975 | 1984 | Vesa Petäjä[3] |
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Santeri Immonen |
| SaPKo | Savonlinna | Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 | 1929 | Pasi Räsänen |
| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Marli Areena, 3,000 | 1929 | Miika Elomo |
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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.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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| 1 | Hermes | 50 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 180 | 133 | +47 | 95 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | LeKi | 50 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 194 | 155 | +39 | 95 | |
| 3 | Ketterä | 50 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 163 | 141 | +22 | 87 | |
| 4 | SaPKo | 50 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 177 | 159 | +18 | 81 | |
| 5 | TUTO Hockey | 50 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 151 | 130 | +21 | 80 | |
| 6 | Jokipojat | 50 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 151 | 151 | 0 | 77 | |
| 7 | RoKi | 50 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 138 | 164 | −26 | 71 | |
| 8 | KeuPa HT | 50 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 151 | 139 | +12 | 69 | |
| 9 | IPK | 50 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 160 | 180 | −20 | 68 | |
| 10 | K-Vantaa | 50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 138 | 158 | −20 | 65 | |
| 11 | Peliitat | 50 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 134 | 158 | −24 | 63 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
| 12 | KOOVEE | 50 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 141 | 210 | −69 | 49 |
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Source: Tilastopalvelu.fi
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.[4]
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
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| 1 | Hermes | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | KeuPa HT | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | LeKi | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | KeuPa HT | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | LeKi | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | RoKi | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ketterä | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | KeuPa HT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ketterä | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Jokipojat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ketterä | 4 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 5 | TUTO Hockey | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | SaPKo | 2 | 2 | LeKi | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | TUTO Hockey | 4 | 5 | TUTO Hockey | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
| 17 April 2019 18:30 | LeKi | 1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1) | TUTO Hockey | Masku Areena, Lempäälä Attendance: 611 |
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| Kimmo Rautiainen | Goalies | Julius Pohjanoksa | Referees: Juho Ylä-Rotiala Pekka Virta Linesmen: Niklas Narvanmaa Oskari Isolauri | |||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 33 | ||||||||||||
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Finals
| 16 April 2019 18:30 | Ketterä | 5–4 (1–1, 2–2, 2–1) | KeuPa HT | Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta[5] Attendance: 4,820 |
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| Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Miro Skinnarla Joni Pekkala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 April 2019 18:30 | KeuPa HT | 2–3 (1–1, 0–2, 1–0) | Ketterä | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 900 |
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| Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Janne Mäkisalo Mika Levänen Linesmen: Joonas Hurskainen Onni Hautamäki | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||
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| 20 April 2019 17:00 | Ketterä | 2–1 OT1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | KeuPa HT | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,225 |
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| Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Miro Skinnarla Joni Pekkala | ||||||||
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| 35 | Shots | 29 | |||||||||
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| 22 April 2019 17:00 | KeuPa HT | 2–1 OT1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Ketterä | Keuruu Ice Hall, Keuruu Attendance: 749 |
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| Samuli Tervo | Goalies | Karolus Kaarlehto | Referees: Janne Mäkisalo Mika Levänen Linesmen: Joonas Hurskainen Onni Hautamäki | ||||||||
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| 20 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||
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| 24 April 2019 18:30 | Ketterä | 3–2 (2–2, 1–0, 0–0) | KeuPa HT | Imatra Spa Areena, Imatra Attendance: 1,300 |
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| Karolus Kaarlehto | Goalies | Samuli Tervo | Referees: Ville Vuohtoniemi Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Miro Skinnarla Joni Pekkala | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 29 | |||||||||||||||
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Ketterä wins the finals 4-1.
The bottom two teams faced the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners got a place in Mestis for the next season. Peliitat and KOOVEE both won their series and thus avoided relegation.
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- Kouvalainen, Miska (2019-01-03). "IPK teki vihdoin muutoksia valmennukseensa - Janne Sinkkonen ulos, Tommi Miettinen tilalle" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- "Kiekko-Vantaan päävalmentaja vaihtuu - Reijo Ruotsalainen korvaa Simo Mälkiän" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2019-01-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- "Peliittojen ja Jani Keinäsen tiet eroavat - Vesa Petäjä Peliittojen penkin taakse" (in Finnish). mestis.fi. 2019-02-09. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- "Sarjataulukko". Jatkoaika.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- Due to semi-final matches at Imatra being sold out Ketterä wanted to give as many fans as possible an opportunity to enjoy ice hockey in a bigger stadium in the neighboring town of Lappeenranta for the first game of the finals.