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Panthers winger Sean Bergenheim went scoreless in SM-Liiga debut as his IFK Helsinki club fell 4-3 in overtime to TPS Turku in Saturday night action from Finland.

The 2010-11 European hockey club season is over. Here's a brief summary of the winners of the top leagues across the continent.

The Battle of Helsinki continues as HIFK ties up the series with an OT win, while the Conference Finals begin in the KHL. Meanwhile, the DEL quarterfinals begin in Germany, and the major junior playoff season is about to begin across North America.

The Continental Cup winning Avangard Omsk has been eliminated from the Gagarin Cup playoffs in the KHL, while HIFK gets back into the Helsinki derby in Finland's SM-Liiga. These stories and more European hockey playoff action is part of our daily recap at Puck Worlds.

The European Trophy is supposed to show that hockey fans across the continent are ready for a pan-European league. It's a pre-season tournament, so it's not a perfect measurement, but so far it's only the Germans who are embracing the concept.

After Ilkka Pikkarainen was signed by the New Jersey Devils from HIFK Helsinki, I asked a HIFK supporter about what they have seen from the right winger in the last 3 years playing for HIFK.