2015–16 Mestis season
# 2015–16 Mestis season

The 2015–16 Mestis season was the 16th season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 12 teams participated in the league, and Jukurit won the championship.

## Regular season

| Rank | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jukurit | 50 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 207 | 109 | 118 |
| 2 | Hokki | 50 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 160 | 128 | 98 |
| 3 | Jokipojat | 50 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 158 | 122 | 90 |
| 4 | SaPKo | 50 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 169 | 149 | 88 |
| 5 | KeuPa HT | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 140 | 126 | 76 |
| 6 | Hermes | 50 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 158 | 167 | 76 |
| 7 | TUTO Hockey | 50 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 148 | 149 | 75 |
| 8 | Kiekko-Vantaa | 50 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 141 | 148 | 70 |
| 9 | Peliitat Heinola | 50 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 125 | 165 | 64 |
| 10 | LeKi | 50 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 131 | 168 | 53 |
| 11 | JYP-Akatemia | 50 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 110 | 161 | 50 |
| 12 | RoKi | 50 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 122 | 177 | 50 |

## Playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jukurit | 4 | | |
| Kiekko-Vantaa | 3 | | |
| Kiekko-Vantaa | 3 | Jukurit | 4 |
| | | KeuPa HT | 1 |
| SaPKo | 1 | KeuPa HT | 1 |
| KeuPa HT | 4 | | | | |
| KeuPa HT | 4 | | | Jukurit | 4 |
| | | | | Hokki | 0 |
| Hokki | 4 | | | Hokki | 0 |
| TUTO Hockey | 3 | | | | |
| TUTO Hockey | 3 | Hokki | 4 | | |
| | | Jokipojat | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Jokipojat | 4 | Jokipojat | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Hermes | 3 | | | | |
| Hermes | 3 | | | Jokipojat | 4 |
| | | | | KeuPa HT | 3 |

## SM-Liiga promotion

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tampereen Ilves | – | Jukurit | 4:1 | 2:0 | 3:1 | 2:1 OT | 4:7 | 4:2 | - | - |

Tampereen Ilves remained in the SM-Liiga.

## Qualification

### Play-outs

* JYP-Akatemia - JHT Kalajoki 4:0 on series.
* RoKi - Imatran Ketterä 4:0 on series.

### Qualification round

| Rank | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HCK | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 17 |
| 2. | RoKi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 11 |
| 3. | KeuPa HT | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 4 |
| 4. | Pyry Nokia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 4 |
