2018–19 Mestis season

The 2018–19 Mestis season is the 19th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. KOO-VEE was promoted from Suomi-sarja due to Espoo United declaring bankruptcy at the end of last season.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
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	Imatran 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	Kiekko-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	KOO-VEE	50	13	3	4	30	141	210	−69

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	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

Relegation

The bottom two teams faced the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series where the winners got a place in Mestis for the next season.

• Peliitat - Hunters 4:0, 4:2, 6:0, 5:2
• KOOVEE - Hokki 4:2, 5:1, 3:2, 3:2