THE ALMOST PLAYOFF DYNASTY

The Red Wings of the 1930s were just the third team to win consecutive Stanley Cups. Complacency prevented them from becoming the NHL’s first tri-Cup dynasty

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BACK-TO-BACK TITLES With Adams as the mastermind, Detroit won consecutive Stanley Cups in 1936 and ’37.