The 2024–25 Mestis season is 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.[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.
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.[1]
Bracket
Quarter-finals (best-of-5)
Semi-finals (best-of-7)
Finals (best-of-7)
1
8
1
4
2
7
1
2
3
6
2
Bronze medal game
3
4
3
5
4
Promotion and relegation
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.[4]
Relegation
In the first round of the relegation series the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the loser will continue to play against the champion of Suomi-sarja for a place in next season in Mestis. Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series.[1]
