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I divisioona
- League status: Not active
- Year of start: 1974
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| # | Player name | Pos | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Pasi Nissinen | RW | Jokipojat Joensuu | 44 | 27 | 44 | 71 | 44 | 34 |
| 2. |  Aleksandrs Macijevskis | RW | Hermes Kokkola | 43 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 26 | 17 |
| 3. | Vesa Lehtonen | C | Jokipojat Joensuu | 44 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 20 | 32 |
| 4. |  Craig Hamelin | C | Pelicans Lahti | 40 | 34 | 27 | 61 | 52 | 20 |
| 5. | Petri Lehtonen | C | FPS Forssa | 44 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 8 | 41 |
| 6. | Antti Virtanen | RW | TuTo Turku | 39 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 18 | 22 |
| 7. | Marko Lapinkoski | C | Hermes Kokkola | 42 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 30 | 2 |
| 8. | Ian Hebert | C | Kärpät Oulu | 44 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 76 | 11 |
| 9. | Jason Melong | RW | Pelicans Lahti | 40 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 53 | 15 |
| 10. | Jarno Suokko | F | Koo-Vee | 40 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 67 | |
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- from 1927 to 1974: Suomensarja
- from 1974 to 1992: I divisioona
- from 1992 to 1994: Finland-liiga
- from 1994 to 1996: Fazer-liiga
- from 1996 to present: I divisioona
Second highest league in Finland. Was founded 1974, during seasons 1994-96 name was Fazer-league (according sponsor) but it was changed back to I divisioona 1996. From 2000 name has been Mestis.
Leagues statistic
Past league results:
League standings:
Historic statistic:
Individuals records:
Fast factsseason 1996-1997
- Youngest player: Jouni Kulonen (15 years)
- Oldest player: Kari Eloranta (41 years)
- Shortest player: Pasi Vuorela (165 cm)
- Tallest player: Marko Toivonen (197 cm)
- Nationalities: Canada (8), Finland (541),
Italy (1), Latvia (1), 
Russia (3), 
Sweden (4), 
Ukraine (1), 
USA (1)
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