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Europe isn't just a popular destination for vacations. It's also a popular destination for out-of-work NHLers looking to play during a long lockout.

How have recent events changed the landscape of European professional hockey? Three years after the Champions Hockey League and the establishment of the KHL, we're really only now figuring it out.

The Champions Hockey League needs a sponsor. True stewards of the game would step up with the money to make it happen.

Peter Ceresnak brings NHL size and a physical game. Can he improve his footspeed enough to make the NHL?

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 Slovnaft Extraliga Finals (Slovakia national championship) are set to begin, with Kosice taking on Poprad. See how the two teams compare for this Best of 7 match-up.

The European hockey playoff season continues, with the underdog Atlant Moscow Oblast team taking a second road win to open their Conference Final series with top ranked Yaroslavl. Also, the Kvalserien to Elitserien tournament hits the half-way point, while Slavia Prague wins another close one in the Czech Extraliga playoffs.

The 2011 European Hockey playoff season keeps rolling with the talented Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning at home to open their KHL Eastern Conference Final, while Lulea gets the bounces to go their way in a second straight OT win over Skelleftea. Plus, the OHL playoffs begin and one semifinal in Slovakia is going the full seven games.

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.

Davos sweeps their way to the Swiss national final, while the Elitserien semifinals begin in Sweden. We've got that and more from around European hockey on Tuesday.