2018–19 Mestis season
The 2018–19 Mestis season is the 19th season of Mestis, the second highest level of ice hockey in Finland after Liiga. KOOVEE was promoted from Suomi-sarja due to Espoo United declaring bankruptcy at the end of last season.
Clubs
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 |  Janne Tuunanen |
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, 1,326 | 1966 | Tommi Miettinen |
| Jokipojat | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | Jouni Varis |
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,200 | 1957 | Maso Lehtonen |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Niko Härkönen |
| K-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 2,004 | 1994 | Reijo Ruotsalainen |
| KOOVEE | Tampere | Hakametsä 2, 1050 | 1929 | Juha Pajuoja |
| LeKi | Lempäälä | Masku Areena, 800 | 1904 | Miikka Kuusela |
| Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,975 | 1984 | Vesa Petäjä |
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Santeri Immonen |
| SaPKo | Savonlinna | Winter Salon 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.