Mestis 2006/07

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Master: Hokki Kajaani
Relegated: Koo-Vee Tampere
FPS Forssa
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The 2006/07 season was the seventh season in the Mestis , the second highest Finnish ice hockey league . For the first time, Hokki Kajaani won the Mestis Championship.

Regular season

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Each team had to play four times against every other team in the league and once against the Finnish U20 national team. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. If there was a tie after regular time, an extra five minutes was played. The first goal in extra time decided the game for the team that scored the goal. In the event that a winner was still not found after extra time, the game was considered a tie.

A win in regular time and after extra time earned a team two points. A tie and a defeat after extra time were rewarded with one point. There were no points for a defeat in regular time.

Closing table

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victory after overtime, U = draw, NnV = defeat after overtime, N = defeats, ET = goals scored, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference, P = points

rank team Sp S. SnV U NnV N ET GT TD P
1. Sports 45 30th 2 3 1 9 195 105 +90 68
2. TuTo 45 29 2 3 2 9 171 93 +78 67
3. Jukurit 45 29 1 2 3 10 198 110 +88 65
4th Hokki 45 25th 3 4th 1 11 175 126 +49 63
5. KooKoo 45 24 1 8th 1 11 174 131 +43 59
6th Jokipojat 45 22nd 1 3 1 18th 151 137 +14 50
7th HeKi 45 14th 2 4th 2 23 124 151 −27 38
8th. K-Vantaa 45 16 2 1 0 26th 142 188 −46 37
9. SaPKo 45 12 1 2 5 25th 121 171 −50 33
10. Salamat 45 14th 0 5 0 26th 127 183 −56 33
11. Koo-Vee 45 9 2 3 1 30th 133 227 −94 26th
12. FPS 45 9 0 2 0 34 102 183 −81 20th

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists , P = points, SM = penalty minutes

rank player team Sp T A. P +/- SM
1. Tero Forsell TuTo 45 24 47 71 30th 30th
2. Teemu Virtala Hokki 45 7th 58 65 2 76
3. Petri Lehtonen Jukurit 45 19th 37 56 15th 28
4th Sami Puruskainen Jokipojat 44 16 36 52 10 30th
5. Markus Jämsä Sports 44 19th 29 48 6th 60
6th Jarkko Oikarinen K-Vantaa 45 9 37 46 −2 28
7th Jouni Virpio TuTo 45 20th 25th 45 20th 42
8th. Tuomas Tikkanen Jukurit 45 12 33 45 19th 28
9. Tuomas Nikoskelainen Hokki 34 14th 30th 44 7th 74
10. Jussi-Mikko Makkonen K-Vantaa 44 24 19th 43 2 85

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: SP = games, SZ = playing time (min: sec), S = victories; N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, GS = shots saved, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals, GS% = shots saved (in%)

rank player team Sp SZ S. N GT GS SO GTS GS%
1. Juha Kuokkanen TuTo 45 2254: 36 29 7th 66 856 7th 1.76 92.84
2. Antti Ore KooKoo 28 922: 40 9 3 43 490 0 2.80 91.93
3. Alexander Salak Jokipojat 45 1881: 39 17th 14th 88 980 1 2.81 91.76
4th Matti Höylä Sports 43 2159: 35 27 7th 79 866 4th 2.19 91.64
5. Ari Reunanen Jukurit 44 2057: 22 23 9 79 860 3 2.30 91.59

Play-offs

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Places 1-8 were qualified for the play-offs. The teams that had won the most of five games in the quarter-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the best-of-5 mode was also played. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final, while the losers in the small final played for third place. In the final five games were played again. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. Only one game was played in the round for third place.

The respective opponents were put together so that the top ranked team plays against the worst, the second best, against the second worst, and so on. As in the main season, a game lasted a total of 60 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.

Tournament tree

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
14.2. - February 17, 2007        
 Sports  3
23.2. - 1.3.2007
 K-Vantaa  0  
 Sports  1
14.2. - 21.2.2007
   Hokki  3  
 Hokki  3
4.3. - 7.3.2007
 KooKoo  2  
 Jukurit  0
14.2. - February 18, 2007
   Hokki  3
 TuTo  3
23.2. - 1.3.2007
 HeKi  0  
 TuTo  1 Game for third place
14.2. - February 17, 2007
   Jukurit  3  
 Jukurit  3  Sports  1
 Jokipojat  0    TuTo  0
4.3.2007

Quarter finals

Sports - K-Vantaa
14th of February Sports K-Vantaa 2-0
February 15th K-Vantaa Sports 2-4
February 17th Sports K-Vantaa 2-0
Sport wins the round 3-0.
Hokki - KooKoo
14th of February Hokki KooKoo 2-5
February 16 KooKoo Hokki 1-5
February 17th Hokki KooKoo 8-2
19th of February KooKoo Hokki 3-2
21st of February Hokki KooKoo 3-2
Hokki wins the round 3-2
TuTo - HeKi
14th of February TuTo HeKi 4-3
February 16 HeKi TuTo 3-7
February 18 TuTo HeKi 2-1
TuTo wins the round 3-0.
Jukurit - Jokipojat
14th of February Jukurit Jokipojat 4-3 n.V.
February 16 Jokipojat Jukurit 2-3
February 17th Jukurit Jokipojat 2-1 a.d.
Jukurit wins the round 3-0.

Semifinals

Sports - Hokki
February 23 Sports Hokki 2-3 a.d.
February 25 Hokki Sports 4-5
27th of February Sports Hokki 2-3 a.d.
1st March Hokki Sports 3-1
Hokki wins the round 3-1.
TuTo - Jukurit
February 23 TuTo Jukurit 1-5
February 25 Jukurit TuTo 3-0
27th of February TuTo Jukurit 3-1
1st March Jukurit TuTo 3-1
Jukurit wins the round 3-1.

third place

Sport - TuTo
4th of March Sports TuTo 2-0
Sport wins bronze.

final

Jukurit - Hokki
4th of March Jukurit Hokki 2-3 a.d.
6th March Hokki Jukurit 3-1
7th March Jukurit Hokki 0-1
Hokki wins the championship 3-0. Jukurit receives silver.

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists , P = points, SM = penalty minutes

rank player team Sp T A. P +/- SM
1. Teemu Virtala Hokki 12 2 10 12 1 18th
2. Marko Virtala Hokki 12 7th 3 10 5 2
3. Jarkko Hattunen Hokki 12 7th 3 10 2 10
4th Vesa Myllyaho Sports 8th 6th 4th 10 6th 2
5. Petri Lehtonen Jukurit 9 2 8th 10 −1 2
6th Antti Kangasniemi Hokki 12 0 10 10 2 12
7th Tuomas Nikoskelainen Hokki 12 5 4th 9 4th 16
8th. Markus Jämsä Sports 8th 3 6th 9 2 18th
9. Patrik Westerback Sports 8th 3 6th 9 4th 20th
10. Jaakk Järvitalo Sports 8th 3 6th 9 4th 20th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: SP = games, SZ = playing time (min: sec), S = victories; N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, GS = shots saved, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals, GS% = shots saved (in%)

rank player team Sp SZ S. N GT GS SO GTS GS%
1. Ari Reunanen Jukurit 10 652: 14 6th 4th 17th 308 1 1.56 94.77
2. Joni Myllykoski Hokki 12 572: 50 8th 1 17th 247 1 1.78 93.56
3. Alexander Salak Jokipojat 3 225: 39 0 3 9 122 0 2.39 93.13
4th Matti Höylä Sports 8th 396: 37 4th 3 16 191 1 2.42 92.27
5. Juha Kuokkanen TuTo 8th 468: 01 4th 4th 18th 205 0 2.31 91.93

Play-downs

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The four last-placed teams after the regular season and the losers of the quarter-finals of the play-offs had to play in the play-downs to stay up. The losers in the first round had to go to the second round. The losers of the second round had to survive a qualifying round against the two best teams of the Suomi-sarja , the third highest Finnish ice hockey league , in order to remain in the Mestis .
The length of the play-downs matches that of the play-offs.

1 round

KooKoo - FPS
February 24th KooKoo FPS 3-1
February 26th FPS KooKoo 3-6
February 28 KooKoo FPS 6-3
KooKoo wins the round 3-0. FPS must be in round 2.
Jokipojat - KooVee
February 24th Jokipojat KooVee 7-4
February 26th KooVee Jokipojat 1-6
February 28 Jokipojat KooVee 3-0
Jokipojat wins the round 3-0. KooVee must be in round 2.
HeKi - Salamat
February 24th HeKi Salamat 5-3
February 26th Salamat HeKi 1-3
February 28 HeKi Salamat 3-2 a.d.
HeKi wins the round 3-0. Salamat must be in round 2.
K-Vantaa - SaPKo
February 24th K-Vantaa SaPKo 2-1
February 26th SaPKo K-Vantaa 2-3
February 28 K-Vantaa Salamat 4-3
K-Vantaa wins the round 3-0. SaPKo must be in round 2.

2nd round

SaPKo - FPS
6th March SaPKo FPS 4-3 n.V.
8th of March FPS SaPKo 2-4
March 10th SaPKo FPS 2-1 a.d.
SaPKo wins the round 3-0. FPS must go to the qualifying round.
Salamat - KooVee
6th March Salamat KooVee 4-3
8th of March KooVee Salamat 4-0
March 10th Salamat KooVee 3-2
March 13th KooVee Salamat 8-2
March, 15 Salamat KooVee 2-0
Salamat wins the round 3-2. KooVee has to go to the qualifying round.

Mestis qualification

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The losers of the play-downs from the Mestis and the winners of the play-offs from the Suomi-sarja competed against each other in a qualifying round to stay in the Mestis or to be promoted. The games consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. If no winner was found in regular time, an extra five minutes was played. If there was still no winner after extra time, the game was counted as a draw.

The same points were awarded as in the regular season. The two teams with the highest points played in the Mestis next season. The remaining teams played in the Suomi-sarja.

Closing table

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SnV = victory after overtime, U = draw, NnV = defeat after overtime, N = defeats, ET = goals scored, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference, P = points

rank team Sp S. SnV U NnV N ET GT TD P
1. LeKi 6th 4th 0 1 0 1 26th 19th +7 9
2. Titaanite 6th 3 0 2 0 1 22nd 16 +6 8th
3. Koo-Vee 6th 3 0 1 0 2 23 24 −1 7th
4th FPS 6th 0 0 0 0 6th 16 28 −12 0

FPS and Koo-Vee descended into the Suomi-sarja. Kotkan Titaanit and Lempäälän Kisa ascended into the Mestis.

SM liiga qualification

In spring 2007, a team from the Mestis had the opportunity to move up to the SM-liiga and form the 15th team in the highest league. This opportunity was offered to Mikkelin Jukurit, as this club with second place was the most successful team of the Mestis 2006/07 season that had applied for promotion (Kajaanin Hokki had not applied).

To qualify, Jukurit had to survive a best-of-seven round against the last-placed SM-liiga, KalPa Kuopio .

KalPa - Jukurit
the 14th of March KalPa Jukurit 3–2 a.d.
March, 15 Jukurit KalPa 4-5 a.d.
17. March KalPa Jukurit 8-2
19th March Jukurit KalPa 2-5
KalPa defeated Jukurit 4-0.

Jukurit lost the qualifying round to KalPa and therefore remained in the Mestis.

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