Personal
Ilya and his wife, Yevgeniya have a daughter, Valery and son, Vladislav. The family lived in Yorba Linda during Bryzgalov's tenure with the Ducks. He spent five summers attending college in Russia, where he earned his degree, allowing him to teach and coach in Russian school. He reads books and enjoys studying philosophy. He did not emulate anyone in particular as a young goalie, instead focusing on being the best he could be.
Having been known to have a somewhat odd personality, he earned a lot of attention for his appearance in the first episode of 24/7: Road to the Winter Classic in which he famously describes the Solar System as "humongous big" while explaining the absurdity of human problems in comparison to the enormousness of the universe, which is similar to the views expressed by Carl Sagan about the Pale Blue Dot picture.
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