Ilya Bryzgalov will be remembered by hockey fans for a lot of awesome different things, but our favourite will always be his fear of bears.

 

 

Bryzgalov's famous quote came in 2012 ahead of Philadelphia's playoff series with Pittsburgh, and it actually prompted Penguins fans to dress up as bears for the first two games of the series.

 


Despite the bears lurking around the arena, the Flyers ended up winning the series, but that quote will go down in history as one of the best sound bites of all-time.

During this past weekend's NHL All-Star game festivities, Bryzgalov finally faced his fear of bears in hilarious fashion.

Leave it to Bryz to entertain the masses, something he was doing all weekend long in a variety of ways.
(H/T: Ilya Bryzgalov)