2016–17 Mestis season

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The 2016–17 Mestis season was the 17th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Previous seasons champion Jukurit got a place in the Liiga. IPK got promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season. Espoo United got a place in Mestis after Espoo Blues suffered bankruptcy and the league was exceptionally played with 13 teams.

At the end of the season SaPKo won both the regular season and the playoffs. Hokki and IPK retained their place in Mestis, while JYP-Akatemia was relegated. Hokki faced bankruptcy during the off-season and thus Imatran Ketterä were awarded a place in Mestis for the next season.


Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 SaPKo 50 32 5 2 11 181 110 +71 108 Advance to playoffs
2 Tuto 50 28 3 2 17 167 114 +53 92
3 Kiekko-Vantaa 50 22 4 9 15 148 139 +9 83
4 Hermes 50 22 5 4 19 160 139 +21 80
5 Espoo United 50 20 5 7 18 132 138 −6 77
6 Jokipojat 50 18 5 8 19 136 143 −7 72
7 Peliitat 50 19 5 5 21 152 164 −12 72
8 KeuPa HT 50 19 6 3 22 144 156 −12 72
9 LeKi 50 20 3 2 25 143 155 −12 68
10 RoKi 50 16 7 3 24 148 154 −6 65
11 Hokki 50 15 6 8 21 116 135 −19 65 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
12 JYP-Akatemia 50 18 4 3 25 129 161 −32 65
13 Iisalmen Peli-Karhut 50 16 2 4 28 114 162 −48 56

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1  SaPKo 4  
8  KeuPa HT 0  
  1  SaPKo 4  
  5  Espoo United 0  
4  Hermes 2
  5  Espoo United 4  
    1  SaPKo 4
  3  Kiekko-Vantaa 0
  3  Kiekko-Vantaa 4  
6  Jokipojat 0  
  2  TuTo 2 Third place
  3  Kiekko-Vantaa 4  
2  Tuto 4 2  TuTo 0
  7  Peliitat 0   5  Espoo United 1

Relegation qualification

Bottom three teams of Mestis face the top two teams of Suomi-Sarja in a relegation qualification, where two top teams will get a place in Mestis for the next season.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Hokki 8 6 0 0 2 33 15 +18 18 Play in Mestis for 2017–18 season
2 Iisalmen Peli-Karhut 11 5 1 1 4 26 16 +10 18
3 Imatran Ketterä 8 4 0 0 4 28 24 +4 12 Play in Suomi-sarja for 2017–18 season
4 JYP-Akatemia 8 3 0 1 4 19 22 −3 10
5 JHT 8 0 1 0 7 14 43 −29 2