Pyry Nokian beat Ketterä 3:1 in their Mestis fixture on Saturday, 3 October 2026. The match kicked off at 14:00 local time in Nokian. Both sides arrived carrying identical records — two wins, five defeats and zero points after seven games each. And here's the thing, the result shifts nothing in the standings but settles a immediate question.
Seven games in and neither team has managed to secure a single point. That context matters more than the scoreline alone. Pyry Nokian sit seventh, Ketterä eighth, separated by whatever tiebreakers the league applies. The table says little beyond that they have yet to find consistency.
Form heading into this meeting told a different story. Ketterä had won their last two — 4:2 against Kiekko-Pojat Jyväskylä and 3:2 over KeuPa — before falling 2:5 to KeuPa on Friday. Pyry Nokian were 3:1 winners over Roki Rovaniemi on 25 September but lost their previous two outings, including a heavy 2:6 defeat to TUTO Hockey. To be fair, momentum is fragile at this stage of the season.
We had backed Ketterä to win, putting 54 percent confidence on the away side. The prediction did not come off. Pyry Nokian simply held their shape longer, and Ketterä found no answer when the match tightened. One mistake ends it, and perhaps that is what separated them.
The result keeps both teams adrift at the bottom, but Pyry Nokian at least have something to take home. Ketterä's recent run of victories ends here. By then they may have to reconsider what works against a side that refuses to fold.
