Original: While the team led or was second in the West Division for four straight seasons , for the rest of the 1970s , the Black Hawks made the playoffs each year -- winning seven division championships in the decade in all -- but were never a successful Stanley Cup contender , losing 16 straight playoff games at one point .
Simplified: By 1960 , however , the team had only made the Stanley Cup final four times , winning the Cup in 1934 and 1938 , and losing in 1931 and 1944 .