If I remember correctly, Malarchuk is on the Jackets staff now. I think he might be the goaltending coach, or he was.
I also think that one of the few people in the crowd to die after getting hit with a puck was at a Jackets game. It was a young girl, before the high netting was standard.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hoc...puck_death_ap/
Even with netting, I've still had pucks land within about 4 feet of me while sitting in the handydandy "disabled" section of some arenas.