The Vancouver Millionaires club were the regular season PCHA champions, but lost the playoff to Seattle Metropolitans.
The Mets then played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals against the National Hockey League champion Montreal Canadiens.
Due to the ongoing Spanish flu pandemic, the series was not completed; a number of players had to be hospitalized, including Canadiens defenceman Joe Hall, who died four days after the cancellation.
Vancouver got Art Duncan back from World War I, and picked up Fred Harris from Portland.
Vancouver was missing Mickey MacKay due to injury and coaxed Si Griffis out of retirement for the last two games of the season and the playoffs.