In 1924/25, Victoria fans were in hockey heaven for 10 days. They knew they would be seeing some colorful eastern hockey players like Howie Morenz, Auriel Joliat and Georges Vezina in action against the hometown Cougars. There was a ticket frenzy as fans lined up the night before and by morning a line extended down to Government Street. The first game had to be played under Western rules and it proved to be an exhibition of speed, stick handling, passing and shooting by the Cougars as they won 5-2. The second game, played in Vancouver under eastern rules, saw the Canadiens play better but not good enough, losing 3-1. Morenz was really flying in the third game and scored three goals on breakaways for a 4-2 Montreal victory. In the fourth match-up the Cougars took the series with an amazing display of speed and talent and a final score of 6-1. After referee Mickey Ion blew the final whistle there was delirium in the arena. At last the Stanley Cup had come to Victoria. Today, many people are surprised to see Victoria's name on the cup and it is hard for newcomers to believe that we once had a world championship hockey team.

The First World War interrupted sporting activity in Victoria as it did everywhere. Many young men, with promise as athletes, joined the services as Canada went to war. Interestingly, the Foundation Shipbuilding Co., which got started in Victoria in 1918, made many contributions to and virtually ran local sports for a couple of years. The Company picked up the lease on Royal Athletic Park and sponsored teams in nearly every sport. Their field lacrosse team enjoyed particular success. In 1919 the Victoria Foundation Club went undefeated to win the Mann Cup. That same year they went on to win the Canadian Lacrosse Association's national championship going undefeated in three games and winning the final 17 - 7. Led by Bernie Feedham and Joe Paynter in goal scoring, the team also boasted the fancy stick handling of Frank "Fatty" Sweeney who was a crowd-pleasing favourite.