The team plays their home games at the Charles V. Keating Millennium Centre in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

During this time, St. Francis also played in a local senior league and competed for the Allan Cup on multiple occasions.

During World War II, St. Francis was one of three teams who attempted to play for the duration but the program was eventually forced to suspend operations in 1944.

In 1954, the MIAA teams ended their senior hockey play and focused solely on the college level.

When the CIAU championship began in 1963, SFX was the first entrant from MIAA but the X-Men had trouble winning on the national stage.