Mestis 2011/12

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Master:	Vaasan Sport
Newcomers:	none
Relegated:	none
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The 2011/12 season was the twelfth season in the Mestis , the second highest Finnish ice hockey league . As in the previous year, Vaasan Sport became champion .

Attendees

team	place	Hall	capacity
JYP Akatemia	Jyväskylä	Synergia areena	4,618
Peliitat	Heinola	Versowood Areena	2,975
Hokki Kajaani	Kajaani	Kajaanin jäähalli	2,372
Jokipojat	Joensuu	Mehtimae jäähalli	4,800
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	4,500
Kiekko laser	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614
Kiekko-Vantaa	Vantaa	Valtti-areena	3,700
KooKoo	Kouvola	Kouvolan jäähalli	6,000
LeKi	Lempäälä	Masku-areena	0900
SaPKo	Savonlinna	Talvisalon Gigantti-areena	2,833
Vaasan Sport	Vaasa	Vaasa Areena	4,300
TuTo hockey	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli	3,000

Main round

mode

Each team played a total of 46 games. Originally, Kiekko-Laser also took part in the championship, but withdrew the team due to financial problems on December 5, 2011 and all 27 games played by the team were canceled. A team wins three points in regular time, two points for a win after extra time and one point for a loss after extra time. There are no points for a loss in regular time.

table

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

rank	team	Sp	S.	SnV	NnV	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	Jukurit	46	25th	7th	5	9	164	107	+57	94
2.	KooKoo	46	25th	3	10	8th	121	94	+27	91
3.	Sports	46	24	4th	8th	10	154	104	+50	88
4th	Jokipojat	46	18th	8th	4th	16	142	134	+8	74
5.	SaPKo	46	18th	6th	3	19th	136	126	+10	69
6th	TuTo	46	16	6th	4th	20th	132	150	−18	64
7th	Hokki	46	15th	4th	10	17th	113	125	−12	63
8th.	Kiekko-Vantaa	46	13	6th	6th	21st	118	143	−25	57
9.	JYP Akatemia	46	14th	7th	0	25th	104	156	−52	56
10.	LeKi	46	14th	4th	5	23	105	130	−25	55
11.	Peliitat	46	12	4th	4th	26th	103	123	−20	48

Play-offs

mode

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



KooKoo	4th

Hokki	2
		KooKoo	1

		Sports	3
Sports	4th

TuTo hockey	0
				Sports	3

				Jokipokat	0
Jukurit	4th

Kiekko-Vantaa	0
		Jukurit	1	Game for third place

		Jokipojat	3
Jokipojat	4th			Jukurit	0

SaPKo	1			KooKoo	1

Mestis qualification

mode

The two last-placed teams of the Mestis play the participant for the following qualifying round with the three best teams of the Suomi-sarja in a best-of-five series . In this, the four teams compete against each other in a two-way leg to remain in the Mestis or to be promoted.

Play-outs

LeKi - Peliitat 2: 4

Qualifying round

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

rank	team	Sp	S.	N	ET	GT	TD	P
1.	LeKi	6th	5	1	31	13	+18	15th
2.	HCK	6th	4th	2	30th	15th	+15	12
3.	KeuPa HT	6th	2	4th	20th	40	−20	6th
4th	Koo-Vee	6th	1	5	18th	31	−13	3

This means that LeKi remains in the Mestis and the HCK rises from the Suomi-sarja into the Mestis.

Web links

Official website (Finnish)