How many teams play in the Mestis?

The Mestis currently consists of 9 teams.

Which country is the Mestis based in?

The Mestis is based in Finland.

Who won the most recent Mestis championship?

Jokerit won the most recent Mestis championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

IPK lead the 2026-27 Mestis standings with 22 points. Kiekko-Vantaa (20 points) and TUTO Hockey (16 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Mestis Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	IPK	9	6	-	0	1	2	33	16	17	22	2.44	-
2.	Kiekko-Vantaa	9	6	-	2	1	0	26	21	5	20	2.22	-
3.	TUTO Hockey	8	3	-	1	3	1	30	20	10	16	2.00	-
4.	RoKi	9	3	-	3	3	0	28	20	8	15	1.67	-
5.	JoKP	10	3	-	5	1	1	29	36	-7	12	1.20	-
6.	Hermes	9	2	-	3	1	3	24	28	-4	11	1.22	-
7.	Pyry Hockey	10	3	-	6	0	1	26	33	-7	10	1.00	-
8.	Ketterä	10	2	-	5	1	2	20	28	-8	10	1.00	-
9.	KeuPa HT	10	2	-	5	1	2	26	40	-14	10	1.00	-

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2026-2027 Mestis Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Valtteri Karnaranta (F)	8	1	14	15	0
2.	Samu Markkula (F)	8	3	8	11	2
3.	Emil Välilä (F)	7	8	2	10	6
4.	Jani Taskula (F)	10	6	4	10	2
5.	Arttu Lausniemi (F)	9	4	6	10	0

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2026-2027 Mestis Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Patrik Kerkola (G)	4	1.00	.953
2.	Lukas Selin (G)	3	1.96	.935
3.	Oskari Parviainen (G)	8	1.95	.931
4.	Jooa Sammalniemi (G)	5	2.15	.910
5.	Severi Auvinen (G)	6	2.34	.909

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2026-2027 Mestis Demographics

Mestis Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/15/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Kiekko-Vantaa	KeuPa HT	-
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Ketterä	Pyry Hockey	2 - 0
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	IPK	KeuPa HT	3 - 4 (SO)
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	JoKP	RoKi	5 - 2
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	TUTO Hockey	Hermes	3 - 2 (SO)

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Mestis Transactions

Mestis — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Eero Niemi (F)	JoKP	KH Torun	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Niklas Appelgren (F)	SaiPa	Ketterä	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Niklas Nikkilä (G)	Hermes	Hiisi	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Joona Lehmus (D)	JYP	JoKP	Details
10/04/2026	Confirmed	Ilmari Karhapää (D)	KeuPa HT	Salamat	Details

2026-2027 Mestis Free Agents

Team	Player
Ketterä	Jesse Viskari (F)
Ketterä	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)
Pyry Hockey	Emil Kangasniemi (F)
KeuPa HT	Waltteri Lehtonen (F)
KeuPa HT	Valtteri Aliranta (F)

2027-2028 Mestis Free Agents

Team	Player
JoKP	Jani Taskula (F)
IPK	Arttu Lausniemi (F)
RoKi	Tuomas Örn (F)
Pyry Hockey	Tuukka Hietamäki (F)
RoKi	Tomi Alanko (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Mestis Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Hermes	27	2 283	6'0"	185 lbs	23.11
2.	IPK	30	2 133	6'0"	179 lbs	22.40
3.	JoKP	30	3 014	6'0"	185 lbs	23.83
4.	Ketterä	29	2 545	6'0"	181 lbs	23.31
5.	KeuPa HT	31	1 793	6'0"	183 lbs	22.52
6.	Kiekko-Vantaa	28	2 507	6'0"	183 lbs	23.43
7.	Pyry Hockey	29	1 472	6'0"	181 lbs	23.21
8.	RoKi	28	2 779	5'11"	181 lbs	23.29
9.	TUTO Hockey	32	1 983	5'11"	179 lbs	21.94

Team Comparison History

Mestis Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Niklas Appelgren	36 yrs
2.	Teemu Henritius	33 yrs
3.	Samu Markkula	32 yrs
4.	Julius Vähätalo	31 yrs
5.	Henry Karjalainen	31 yrs

Tallest
1.	Riku Tohila	6'8"
2.	Julius Vähätalo	6'6"
3.	Jami Pasanen	6'5"
4.	Tommy Willberg	6'5"
5.	Niilo Kaipinen	6'5"

Heaviest
1.	Julius Vesaaja	220 lbs
2.	Jesse Hietanen	214 lbs
3.	Verneri Hellman	212 lbs
4.	Niclas Tenhovuori	212 lbs
5.	Tommy Willberg	212 lbs

Youngest
1.	Elias Lindqvist	17 yrs
2.	Aleksandrs Losevs	17 yrs
3.	Aatu Peltola	17 yrs
4.	Justus Loukonen	17 yrs
5.	Matias Moilanen	18 yrs

Shortest
1.	Juho Kuikka	5'6"
2.	Jesse Nyppeli	5'7"
3.	Otto Jaatinen	5'7"
4.	Joel Niinistö	5'7"
5.	Tomi Alanko	5'8"

Lightest
1.	Jesse Nyppeli	139 lbs
2.	Paavo Karjalainen	141 lbs
3.	Nooa Nyman	150 lbs
4.	Juuso Fagerström	154 lbs
5.	Otto Jaatinen	154 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Camilo Miettinen (F)	2026-2027	Colombia	-	4	12	14	26	2
2.	Emil Järventie (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	11	15	3	18	4
3.	Joonas Virtanen (F)	2026-2027	Matinkylä Ducks	III-divisioona	5	9	8	17	0
4.	Jaakko Taivalmaa (F)	2026-2027	KHK	III-divisioona	6	8	9	17	25
5.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	11	5	12	17	4
6.	Kasper Koskinen (F)	2026-2027	VG-62	II-divisioona	6	6	10	16	2
7.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	9	5	11	16	8
8.	Dias Guseinov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	17	5	11	16	6
9.	Veeti Mäkilä (F)	2026-2027	Rockets	II-divisioona	6	7	8	15	4
10.	Kevins Stradnieks (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	8	7	8	15	2

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Regular Season

Mestis All-Time Points

Mestis All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aki Keinänen (F)	600	239	234	473
2.	Samu Markkula (F)	521	114	292	406
3.	Mikko Liukkonen (F)	388	154	238	392
4.	Tuukka Pulliainen (F)	443	112	280	392
5.	Tero Forsell (F)	315	115	267	382

Mestis All-Time Goals

Mestis All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aki Keinänen (F)	600	239	234	473
2.	Mikko Liukkonen (F)	388	154	238	392
3.	Markku Vuorisalo (F)	340	152	147	299
4.	Markus Jämsä (F)	308	132	166	298
5.	Mikko Laine (F)	414	128	132	260

Mestis All-Time Assists

Mestis All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Samu Markkula (F)	521	114	292	406
2.	Tuukka Pulliainen (F)	443	112	280	392
3.	Tero Forsell (F)	315	115	267	382
4.	Mikko Liukkonen (F)	388	154	238	392
5.	Aki Keinänen (F)	600	239	234	473

Mestis All-Time Penalty Min.

Mestis All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Antti Uitto (D)	459	40	144	799
2.	Aki Keinänen (F)	600	239	473	743
3.	Anssi Rantanen (D)	397	35	114	736
4.	Tommi Välimaa (F)	356	74	169	725
5.	Jani Honkanen (D)	218	29	83	699

Mestis All-Time Games Played

Mestis All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aki Keinänen (F)	600	239	234	473
2.	Samu Markkula (F)	521	114	292	406
3.	Juuso Akkanen (D)	500	28	87	115
4.	Ville-Matti Koponen (F)	496	63	182	245
5.	Samu Pyykkönen (F)	485	93	106	199

Mestis All-Time Points Per Game

Mestis All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Joel Janatuinen (F)	3	5	6	2.00
2.	Andreas Okany (F)	2	2	4	2.00
3.	Janne Kuokkanen (F)	1	1	2	2.00
4.	Topi Rönni (F)	1	1	2	2.00
5.	Patrik Mallenius (F)	1	1	2	2.00

Mestis All-Time Points Per Season

Mestis All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Oula Palve (F)	2015-2016	Mestis	43	32	39	71	1.65	22
2.	Tero Forsell (F)	2006-2007	Mestis	45	24	47	71	1.58	30
3.	Mikko Perttu (F)	2022-2023	Mestis	50	24	47	71	1.42	38
4.	Jonatan Tanus (F)	2016-2017	Mestis	49	40	28	68	1.39	40
5.	Teemu Virtala (F)	2013-2014	Mestis	49	23	44	67	1.37	42

Mestis All-Time Goals Per Season

Mestis All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jonatan Tanus (F)	2016-2017	Mestis	49	40	28	68	1.39	40
2.	Samuli Kivimäki (F)	2013-2014	Mestis	47	38	16	54	1.15	43
3.	Kalle Konsti (F)	2009-2010	Mestis	45	37	19	56	1.24	18
4.	Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (F)	2018-2019	Mestis	50	36	30	66	1.32	10
5.	Teemu Kuusisto (F)	2003-2004	Mestis	44	35	20	55	1.25	48

Mestis All-Time Assists Per Season

Mestis All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Teemu Virtala (F)	2006-2007	Mestis	45	7	58	65	1.44	76
2.	Alexander Forslund (F)	2025-2026	Mestis	49	15	52	67	1.37	12
3.	Tero Forsell (F)	2007-2008	Mestis	43	15	50	65	1.51	14
4.	Tero Forsell (F)	2006-2007	Mestis	45	24	47	71	1.58	30
5.	Mikko Perttu (F)	2022-2023	Mestis	50	24	47	71	1.42	38

Mestis All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Mestis All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Timo Willman (D)	2003-2004	Mestis	40	3	9	12	0.30	203
2.	Pasi Reunanen (F)	2002-2003	Mestis	38	6	7	13	0.34	197
3.	Jani Honkanen (D)	2000-2001	Mestis	40	4	5	9	0.23	169
4.	Konsta Mesikämmen (D)	2018-2019	Mestis	45	3	7	10	0.22	164
5.	Vikki Tammelin (D)	2000-2001	Mestis	32	0	2	2	0.06	164