However, Liberty was not interested in sports ownership at the time ( though it has since bought the Atlanta Braves ), and made the deal contingent upon Ascent selling the Avalanche and Nuggets.

However, Liberty was not interested in sports ownership at the time ( though it has since bought the Atlanta Braves ), and made the deal contingent upon Ascent selling the Avalanche and Nuggets.

Following the previous season's disappointing first round playoff upset at the hands of the seventh seeded Colorado Avalanche, the Stars made a number of changes during summer 2006.

When the United States created its first field army overseas, the U. S. Fifth Army, Clark was made its commanding general and given the task of training units for the invasion of Italy ( Operation Avalanche ) in September 1943.

Operation Avalanche was a major US investigation of child pornography on the Internet launched in 1999 after the arrest and conviction of Thomas and Janice Reedy, who operated an Internet pornography business called Landslide Productions in Fort Worth, Texas It was made public in early August 2001 at the end of Operation Avalanche, that one hundred arrests were made out of 144 suspects.

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.

Under his leadership, the Nordiques made the playoffs for the first time in six years, and set a franchise record for wins and points in the process ( since broken by the 2000-01 Colorado Avalanche team ).

In a draft in which they had four first-round selections, the Colorado Avalanche made Tanguay their first pick, 12th overall, at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

The Blues made it to the Western Conference final in the playoffs that season, losing to the Colorado Avalanche, the eventual 2001 Stanley Cup champions.

His most success as an assistant coach was with the 1996 Florida Panthers that made it to the Stanley Cup final, but lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

He made his NHL debut during the 1996-97 season with the Colorado Avalanche on December 21, 1996, getting no points in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He suffered a shoulder injury on February 10, 2000 against the Colorado Avalanche that made him miss six weeks of action.

Belak made his Toronto Maple Leafs debut on February 17, 2001, getting no points in a 5-5 tie against the Colorado Avalanche.

Peter is the father of Yan Stastny, who made his NHL debut in 2005 – 06 with the Edmonton Oilers and is currently playing in Russia, and Paul Stastny, who began his career with the Colorado Avalanche ( the same franchise as the Quebec Nordiques, Peter's first NHL team ) in 2006 – 07 and wears the same number (# 26 ).

In December 2008, a snow blower accident made national headlines in the United States when Joe Sakic, the famous captain of the Colorado Avalanche hockey franchise of the National Hockey League, sustained three broken fingers and tendon damage when he attempted to clear the auger of his snowblower by hand.

On September 12, 2008, Avalanche Press posted a survey so that fans could vote on games that they would like to see made.

A " midgate " made the concept Gladiator truck closer to an imitation of the Chevrolet Avalanche, " than an attempt to revive its namesake's glory.

Infinity was made available to purchase through Broadrick's Avalanche Recording webstore on July 23.

In January 1998, Razorfish made its first of what was to be many acquisitions, by purchasing Avalanche Systems.

The Devils again made their way to the Stanley Cup Finals, but were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche in seven games.

Playing the first-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the opening round, Cloutier made his first NHL post-season appearance in game one, stopping 23 of 28 shots in a losing effort.

After defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games the Wings would fall in the Western Conference Finals to the eventual champion Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche finished the regular season with a 47 – 25 – 10 record for 104 points, won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference.

The Avalanche met the two lowest seeds of the Western Conference in the first two rounds of the playoffs: the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers, and defeated them in six games and five games, respectively.

During a rematch of the previous year Western Conference Finals, the Avalanche lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games.

In the Western Conference Semifinals, the Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings in seven games, after having wasted a 3 – 1 lead.

In the Western Conference Quarterfinals, the Avalanche blew a 3 – 1 series lead over the Minnesota Wild, and lost in overtime in Game 7.

Still, the result was better than expected by hockey pundits ; Sports Illustrated previewed before the start of the season that the Avalanche would finish 13th in the Western Conference.

In the Western Conference Quarterfinals the Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild in six games.

In the Western Conference Semifinals the Avalanche were swept by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

The Avalanche fell in the Western Conference Quarterfinals to the top-seeded San Jose Sharks in six games.

In 1996, the Colorado Avalanche met the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals and won the series 4 – 2.

After qualifying for the post-season in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference ( losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings, respectively ), the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title.

The Stars, for the second season in a row defeated the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals in seven games to reach their second consecutive Stanley Cup Finals where they met the New Jersey Devils.

However, the Red Wings fell short of their ultimate goal, losing in six games to the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals.

Yzerman's knee greatly pained him during the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but this did not stop him from leading the Red Wings from an early 2-0 deficit in their opening round series to defeat the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues en route to Detroit's fifth playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche, and the third time the two teams had battled to decide the Western Conference Championship.

During the 2000 Western Conference Final against the Colorado Avalanche, Lyashenko scored the series clinching goal in game 7.

Hunter finished off his career with the Colorado Avalanche, the successor to the Nordiques, and helped the team to reach the Western Conference finals, losing in seven games to the eventual cup winners Dallas Stars.

* The Detroit Red Wings ' Paul Coffey accidentally swiped the puck into the Wings ' own net during Game 1 of the 1996 Western Conference Finals against the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche once again reached the Western Conference Finals, but lost to the eventual Cup winning Detroit Red Wings.

After advancing past the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings in the first two rounds, the Sharks were eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals.

In the 1996 Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks, after a controversial game in which Roenick was tripped on a breakaway and no penalty shot was called, Patrick Roy said, " I would have saved it anyway.

Without Näslund in the lineup, the Canucks finished the season with the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference, but were swept in the first round by the Colorado Avalanche in four games.

He was a first round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche, selected 19th overall at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, but was traded to Calgary while still playing junior hockey for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ).