The 2017–18 Mestis season is the 18th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. Imatran Ketterä was promoted from Suomi-sarja at the end of last season, while JYP-Akatemia and Hokki faced bankruptcy and were relegated.

Clubs Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach Espoo United Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2016 Niko Marttila Hermes Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Antti Karhula14.12.2017 Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma IPK Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, 1,358 1966 Janne Sinkkonen Jokipojat Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Jouni Varis Ketterä Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957 Maso Lehtonen KeuPa HT Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Mikko Heiskanen Kiekko-Vantaa Vantaa Trio Areena, 2,004 1994 Pasi Arvonen LeKi Lempäälä Masku Areena, 900 1904 Miikka Kuusela Peliitat Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,686 1984 Santeri Heiskanen1.3.2018 Jani Keinänen RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Petri Karjalainen SaPKo Savonlinna Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 1929 Pasi Räsänen TUTO Hockey Turku Marli Areena, 3,000 1929 Miika Elomo

Regular season Top eight advance to the Mestis playoffs while the bottom two face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a relegation playoff. Since the highest series of Finnish hockey is a closed series no team will be promoted to Liiga.

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes.

Playoffs Playoffs are being played in three stages. Each stage is a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the semifinals faces the worst team in the semifinals. Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Finals

KeuPa HT wins the series 4-2.

Relegation playoffs The bottom two teams will face the top two teams from Suomi-sarja for a best-of-7 series were the winners will get a place in Mestis for the next season.

No team got relegated from or promoted to Mestis for the next season.

See also 2017–18 Liiga season

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