Paul Byron risks his life to save a man from a plane crash.

It turns out that Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron is multi talented. Not only is the 33 year old veteran of the National Hockey League a highly skilled hockey player but as it turns out he also moonlights as a hero on the side.

According to an unbelievable report from Jeremie Asselin of French outlet RDS, Byron was out fishing with members of his family on Saturday morning when, suddenly, a hydroplane came crashing down just meters from where they were fishing. Many people would probably stand around in shock at what had just happened before their very eyes but, according to Byron's brother in law, the NHL forward wasted not a second before risking his own life and diving into the water immediately following the terrible accident.

According to LeBlond's testimony, the hydroplane would have violently swung towards the lake at the moment of the crash. This caused the plane to sink backwards into the water.

"Paul jumped in the water before I did," said Neal LeBlond. "There was metal everywhere, gas, the engine was hot, Paul managed to grab the pilot. We risked our lives going into the water."

You can see some of the images from the aftermath of the rescue which were shared by Leblond via his social media. This is likely going to be one of those stories that he will be sharing with his friends for the rest of his life.

As for Byron himself, RDS did reach out to him for a comment on the story. As you would expect from a class act like Paul Byron though he refused to offer any comment on the story out of respect for the victim in this situation as well as the victim's family. Byron did confirm that he was a part of the rescue effort however, as well as LeBlond's account of events.

It probably wasn't the morning Byron envisioned when he started off the day in the quiet municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Laus in the Laurentides region of Quebec, but I have no doubt that pilot will forever be grateful that he just happened to be out fishing that day.