2012 Event Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps 2010 Event Extreme cold temperatures across Europe lead to 122 deaths in Poland, 7 die in Switzerland as the result of an avalanche 2001 Event Stanley Cup Finals, Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3 1997 Death 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 Event Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals 1996 Event Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games 1996 Event Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods 1995 Event Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit 1994 Event 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed 1988 Event Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1976 Birthday Josef Marha, born in Havl-brod, Czechoslovakia, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1975 Birthday Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1975 Birthday Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, 1998 Olympics 1975 Birthday Landon Wilson, St. Louis, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1974 Birthday Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1973 Birthday Peter Forsberg, born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1973 Birthday Rene Corbet, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Birthday Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Birthday Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Event 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1972 Birthday Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Birthday Mike Ricci, Scarborough, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Birthday Aaron Miller, born in Buffalo, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1971 Birthday Adam Foote, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Team Canada 1970 Birthday Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche 1970 Event 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 Event Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1970 Birthday Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1969 Birthday Joe Sakic, Burnaby BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998 1967 Birthday Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Birthday Scott Young, born in Clinton, Massachusetts, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Birthday Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Birthday Mike Keane, Winnipeg, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Birthday Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1966 Birthday Valeri Kamensky, born in Voskresensk, Russia, NHL left wing, Avalanche, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1965 Birthday Patrick Roy, Quebec, NHL goalie, Mont Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche 1965 Birthday Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98 1965 Event 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1964 Birthday Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1962 Birthday Troy Murray, Calgary, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1962 Event 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru 1961 Birthday Dave Hannan, Sudbury, NHL center, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche 1958 Birthday 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 Event 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Event Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) 1943 Event U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Birthday Eric Anderson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist, Avalanche, Be True to You 1926 Event Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die 1919 Birthday Veda Ann Borg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Avalanche, Accomplice 1916 Event Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1836 Event Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) 1775 Event 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1718 Event Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53 1618 Event "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
