A water slide complex known as Racing Rivers opened in 1987, and Avalanche, which remains the only Mack bobsled roller coaster in the United States, debuted the following year in 1988.

Once Mussolini had fallen in Italy, the Allies switched their attention to the mainland with Operation Avalanche.

Some manufacturers do refer to their products as SUVs, but others invented names such as XUV, ( HSV Avalanche XUV or GMC Envoy XUV ) or action utility vehicles ( AUVs ).

In the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, the Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 4 – 3 to win their second and most recent championship.

The Avalanche have won eight division titles and they qualified for the playoffs in each of their first ten seasons in Denver ; the streak ended in 2007.

The Colorado Avalanche played their first game in the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver ( where the Denver Nuggets once played ) on October 6, 1995, winning 3 – 2 against the Detroit Red Wings.

In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Avalanche met the Florida Panthers, who were also in their first Finals.

The 1995-96 Cup was the first major professional championship won by a Denver team and the Avalanche are the only team ( expansion or brand new ) in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup their first season after a relocation, and only the second team to win a championship their first season after a relocation in any of the four major North American sports leagues, following the Washington Redskins of the NFL.

In 1998 – 99, with the addition of the Nashville Predators to the league, the NHL realigned their divisions and the Colorado Avalanche were put in the new Northwest Division.

Between January 10 and February 7, the Avalanche had their longest winning streak ever with 12 games.

Pepsi Center, where the Avalanche play their home games

It was in the 1999 – 2000 season that the Colorado Avalanche played their first game in the new Pepsi Center, that cost 160 million US dollars.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche strengthened their defense for a run towards the Stanley Cup.

The Avalanche won the Northwest Division and captured their second Presidents ' Trophy after having finished the regular season with 52 – 16 – 10 – 4 for 118 points.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche acquired star defenseman Rob Blake and center Steven Reinprecht from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller and their first-round 2001 Draft pick.

After the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout and the implementation of a salary cap, the Avalanche were forced to release some of their top players.

With a 9 to 5 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday, December 9, 2007, the Colorado Avalanche gained their 1, 000th franchise victory.

Earning only 68 points in the standings, setting a franchise record for losing and winless streaks after the All-Star break, the Colorado Avalanche have seen their worst season yet since moving to Denver.

The Avalanche recorded their 500th home sellout in their 515th game in Denver on January 20, 2007, against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Nuggets play their home games at the Pepsi Center, which they share with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.

Suffering their worst season since 1977 – 78 the subsequent year, Keenan was fired midway through and replaced with Marc Crawford ( who had won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 ).

Amidst a run for the team's first Northwest Division title the following season, the Canucks received significant media attention for their involvement in a violent on-ice attack during a game against the Avalanche.

In January 2011 it was announced via Photek's official website that he would be releasing a new EP, Avalanche, in February and that one of its tracks " Slowburn " is available for free download from the site.

Leopard 2 main battle tanks, Ulan and Pandur infantry fighting vehicles, C-130 Hercules transport planes, S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and Eurofighter Typhoon multi-purpose combat aircraft have been purchased, along with new helicopters to replace the inadequate ones used after the 1999 Galtür Avalanche.

However, a new wrinkle appeared when the city of Denver refused to transfer the parcel of land on which the Pepsi Center stood unless Sturm promised to keep the Avalanche and Nuggets in Denver for at least 25 years.

In the 2009 off-season, the Avalanche named Greg Sherman the new General Manager and Joe Sacco the new head coach.

Present at the draft, former Avalanche great Joe Sakic served his first duties as new alternate governor and adviser of hockey operations of the club.

In the 2009-10 season, the Avalanche introduced a new third jersey that was worn for the first time during the November 14th, 2009 home game against the Vancouver Canucks.

However, a new wrinkle appeared when the city of Denver refused to transfer the parcel of land on which the Pepsi Center stood unless Sturm promised to keep the Avalanche and Nuggets in Denver for at least 25 years.

At the trade deadline on February 26, 2008, however, apparently unable to agree on a new contract and amid some controversy, Blue Jackets captain Adam Foote requested a trade to the Colorado Avalanche, which was granted.

The studio work Avalanche ( July 1974 ), for which Laing returned to play drums and David Perry became the new second guitarist ( from November 1973 to October 1974 ), would be Mountain's final album with Pappalardi as a participant ; the group broke up again after playing a final show at Felt Forum in NYC on December 31, 1974.

In addition, the Bruins and Flyers donned vintage jerseys for their game as part of the 2010 NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on January 1, and the Flyers then changed to the Winter Classic white jersey as their away sweater for the 2010 – 11 season ; new third jerseys for the 2009 – 10 NHL season were worn by the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild and the Nashville Predators.

Both the Escalade ESV ( based on the Chevrolet Suburban ) and Escalade EXT ( based on the Avalanche sport utility truck ) were made in Silao, Mexico, before the 2006 redesign ; the new Escalade ESV is sourced from Arlington, Texas.

Many consider this trade a key reason that the Colorado Avalanche ( the new name of the Nordiques after they relocated before the 1995-96 season ), went on to be an NHL powerhouse.

The DVD featured the complete library of Good's music videos, including a new video for " While We Were Hunting Rabbits " from Avalanche developed by animation students at Sheridan College.

After debuting with the Avalanche on October 3, 2007, in a 4 – 3 win against the Dallas Stars, he scored his first goal with his new team four days later.

In March 2009, Broadrick announced a new one-song LP, titled Infinity, was scheduled for release through his own Avalanche Recordings label in June 2009, although, through his Twitter account, he later announced it was certain to be released in July.

Unable to agree to a new deal with the Avalanche, Laperrière signed a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1, 2009.

A new edition of this game, Imperium, 3rd Millennium, was published in 2001 by Avalanche Press.

* Page at Avalanche Press detailing the creation of the new edition and why AP has dropped the license.

Broadrick began to release limited runs of material on his Avalanche Recordings label, including new material by Final and a Jesu full-length compilation of electronic tracks entitled Pale Sketches.