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2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3
1997 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1997 Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals 1996 Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games 1996 Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods 1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit 1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed 1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1976 Josef Marha, born in Havl-brod, Czechoslovakia, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1975 Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1975 Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, 1998 Olympics 1975 Landon Wilson, St. Louis, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1974 Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1973 Peter Forsberg, born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1973 Rene Corbet, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1972 Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Mike Ricci, Scarborough, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Aaron Miller, born in Buffalo, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Adam Foote, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Team Canada 1970 Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche 1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1970 Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1969 Joe Sakic, Burnaby BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998 1967 Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Scott Young, born in Clinton, Massachusetts, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Mike Keane, Winnipeg, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1966 Valeri Kamensky, born in Voskresensk, Russia, NHL left wing, Avalanche, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1965 Patrick Roy, Quebec, NHL goalie, Mont Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche 1965 Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98 1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1964 Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1962 Troy Murray, Calgary, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1961 Dave Hannan, Sudbury, NHL center, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche 1958 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) 1943 U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Eric Anderson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist, Avalanche, Be True to You 1926 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die 1919 Veda Ann Borg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Avalanche, Accomplice 1916 Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1836 Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53 1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed |
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