They were also arguably one of the luckiest teams in terms of their Finals opponents the 2016 San Jose Sharks had the sixth-best record in the West and the 2017 Nashville Predators were eighth in the West. We’re not holding their lack of HOFs against them – though it’s tough to see anyone other than Sidney Crosby (sorry Crosby haters, he’s a lock), Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre getting enshrined someday.īut we will point out that these Penguins are probably the most unlikely back-to-back champs, considering they switched coaches 28 games into their first title-winning season, won that Cup thanks to a goalie (Matt Murray) who won 15 playoff games despite 13 career NHL starts in the regular season, and then repeated as champs riding a mix of Fleury and Murray in the playoffs. *Games 7s played, or Game 5s back when the first round was best-of-five. Read: Red Wings' Stanley Cup champions: Which recent team was your favorite? Louis Blues, is still in the running to become the 10th team - they enter this year playoffs in the top spot in the Western Conference - but until they get going again, let’s rank the nine back-to-back winners. Islanders’ four-year runs as one dynasty each). In all, nine teams have won back-to-back Cups since the league expanded to 12 teams for the 1967-68 season (counting the 1975-79 Canadiens’ and 1980-83 N.Y. Since then, just one team has won back-to-back Cups: The 2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins. And 374 days later, they won a second, sweeping the Washington Capitals on June 16, 1998. The 1996-97 Wings finished off their Cup - the first for Detroit since 1955 - with a sweep of the Philadelphia Flyers on June 7, 1997. While the Detroit Red Wings are shut down (due to the coronavirus pandemic) until January, this month has rekindled pleasant hockey memories in the Motor City with the anniversaries of the Wings’ 1997-98 back-to-back Stanley Cup victories. Watch Video: The NHL steps in to help GM make protective masks for health care workers
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