2015–16 Mestis season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2015–16 Mestis

| color =

| color text =

| league = Mestis

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration = September 2015 – March 2016

| no_of_teams = 12

| attendance =

| TV =

| season = Regular season

| season_champs = Jukurit

| season_champ_name = Best record

| second_place = Hokki

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer = Oula Palve

| top_scorer_link =

| promote =

| promoted_from =

| relegate = KeuPa HT

| relegate_to = Suomi-sarja

| playoffs = Playoffs

| playoffs_link =

| playoffs_MVP = Teemu Suhonen

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| finals =

| finals_link =

| finals_champ = Mikkelin Jukurit

| finals_runner-up = Kiekko-Vantaa

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = List of Mestis seasons

| seasonslistnames = Mestis

| prevseason_link = 2014–15 Mestis season

| prevseason_year = 2014–15

| nextseason_link = 2016–17 Mestis season

| nextseason_year = 2016–17

}}

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

class="wikitable"

! width="5%" align="left" | Rank

! width="15%" |Team

! width="5%" | GP

! width="5%" | W

! width="5%" | OTW

! width="5%" | OTL

! width="5%" | L

! width="5%" | GF

! width="5%" | GA

! width="5%" | Pts

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 1

| Jukurit

| 50

| 34

| 4

| 6

| 6

| 207

| 109

| 118

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 2

| Hokki

| 50

| 28

| 4

| 4

| 14

| 160

| 128

| 98

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 3

| Jokipojat

| 50

| 22

| 10

| 4

| 14

| 158

| 122

| 90

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 4

| SaPKo

| 50

| 23

| 7

| 5

| 15

| 169

| 149

| 88

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 5

| KeuPa HT

| 50

| 19

| 7

| 5

| 19

| 140

| 126

| 76

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 6

| Hermes

| 50

| 22

| 2

| 6

| 20

| 158

| 167

| 76

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 7

| TUTO Hockey

| 50

| 17

| 9

| 6

| 18

| 148

| 149

| 75

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| 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

bgcolor="#ffe5e3"

| 11

| JYP-Akatemia

| 50

| 13

| 3

| 4

| 30

| 110

| 161

| 50

bgcolor="#ffe5e3"

| 12

| RoKi

| 50

| 12

| 5

| 4

| 29

| 122

| 177

| 50

Playoffs

{{Round8|3rdplace=yes

||Jukurit|4|Kiekko-Vantaa|3

||SaPKo|1|KeuPa HT|4

||Hokki|4|TUTO Hockey|3

||Jokipojat|4|Hermes|3

||Jukurit|4|KeuPa HT|1

||Hokki|4|Jokipojat|2

||Jukurit|4|Hokki|0

||Jokipojat|4|KeuPa HT|3

}}

SM-Liiga promotion

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style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"

! style="width:16%;" | !! style="width:2%;" | !! style="width:16%;" | !! style="width:5%;" | Series !! style="width:8%;" | 1 !! style="width:8%;" | 2 !! style="width:8%;" | 3 !! style="width:8%;" | 4 !! style="width:8%;" | 5 !! style="width:8%;" | 6 !! style="width:8%;" | 7

align="center"

| 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=

=Qualification round=

class="wikitable"

! width="5%" align="left" | Rank

! width="15%" |Team

! width="5%" | GP

! width="5%" | W

! width="5%" | OTW

! width="5%" | OTL

! width="5%" | L

! width="5%" | GF

! width="5%" | GA

! width="5%" | Diff

! width="5%" | Pts

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 1.

HCK

| 6

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 23

| 10

| +13

| 17

align="left" | 2.RoKi

| 6

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 15

| 11

| +4

| 11

align="left" | 3.

| KeuPa HT

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 19

| 27

| −8

| 4

align="left" | 4.

| Pyry Nokia

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 19

| 28

| −9

| 4