2002–03 Mestis season

The 2002–03 Mestis season was the third season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 12 teams participated in the league, and Jukurit won the championship.

2002–03 Mestis
League	Mestis
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2002 – April 2003
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Jukurit
Runners-up	KooKoo
Relegated to Suomi-sarja	UJK
Playoffs
Finals champions	Jukurit
Runners-up	Kiekko-Vantaa

Standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1.	Jukurit	44	31	2	2	2	7	166	86	+80	70
2.	KooKoo	44	25	3	6	1	9	168	111	+57	63
3.	Kiekko-Vantaa	44	22	5	4	2	11	175	131	+44	60
4.	KalPa	44	23	2	4	2	13	156	128	+28	60
5.	Sport	44	18	3	3	3	17	150	129	+21	48
6.	Hokki Kajaani	44	20	2	3	1	18	151	135	+16	48
7.	Ahmat	44	19	2	2	2	19	153	152	+1	46
8.	Hermes	44	15	2	6	3	18	131	121	+10	43
9.	TuTo	44	18	0	4	1	21	158	160	−2	41
10.	FPS	44	13	2	4	3	22	143	174	−31	37
11.	Haukat	44	11	2	5	3	23	123	147	−24	34
12.	UJK	44	2	0	1	2	39	87	287	−200	7

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Jukurit	3
	8	Hermes	0
						1	Jukurit	3
						5	Sport	1
	2	KooKoo	3
	7	Ahmat	1
											1	Jukurit	3
											3	Kiekko-Vantaa	2
	3	Kiekko-Vantaa	3
	6	Hokki	0
						2	KooKoo	1		Bronze medal game
						3	Kiekko-Vantaa	3
	4	KalPa	1								2	KooKoo	1
	5	Sport	3								5	Sport	0

Qualification

Rank	Team	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1.	Haukat	10	6	1	2	0	1	41	22	+19	16
2.	Salamat	10	7	0	1	0	2	36	22	+14	15
3.	UJK	10	5	0	1	1	3	31	24	+7	12
4.	SaPKo	10	4	0	0	2	4	28	32	−4	10
5.	Jokipojat	10	0	2	1	1	6	24	40	−16	6
6.	Diskos	10	0	2	1	1	6	18	38	−20	6

UJK was relegated to Suomi-sarja.

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info