This rumour was started when the Canadiens' manager, Léo Dandurand, told reporters that Vézina "speaks no English and has twenty-two children, including three sets of triplets, and they were all born in the space of nine years."
Este rumor iniciouse cando o director dos Canadiens, Leo Dandurand, lles dixo aos xornalistas que Vézina "non fala inglés e ten vinte e dous fillos, incluídos tres grupos de trixemelgos, e todos eles naceron no intervalo de nove anos".