2024–25 Mestis season
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.

Clubs
Updated 1 September 2024.
 Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach Hermes 20px Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953  Tuukka Poikonen Hokki 20px Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968  Antti Halonen IPK 20px Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, - 1966  Simo Karjalainen Jokerit 20px Helsinki Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 1967 Tero Määttä JoKP 20px Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953  Kasper Vuorinen Ketterä 20px Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957  Janne Tuunanen KeuPa HT 20px Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995  Niko Raiskio Kiekko-Vantaa 20px Vantaa Trio Areena, 3,700 1994  Jani Manninen RoKi 20px Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979  Sakari Salmela TUTO Hockey 20px Turku Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 1929  Jonne Virtanen

Team changes
The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season:

 To Mestis 

Promoted from Suomi-sarja
 None

Relegated from Liiga
 None as Liiga is closed

 From Mestis 

Promoted to Liiga
 Kiekko-Espoo

Relegated to Suomi-sarja
 FPS

Other
 KOOVEE did not receive a license for the season and went bankrupt.

Regular season

The regular season consists of 49 matches.
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.

Bracket

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.

Relegation
In the first round of relegation playoffs the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the looser 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.

 References 

Category:Mestis seasons
Mestis