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Nov 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog has been suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand on Thursday. The NHL's Department of Player Safety also announced Friday that Marchand was fined $5,000 for roughing Landeskog. The incident occurred at 5:46 of the second period. Landeskog was assessed a match penalty for illegal check to the head, and the Avalanche captain was ejected from the game. Marchand was assessed a minor penalty for roughing. Marchand was uninjured and played the rest of the game after serving a two-minute penalty for punching Landeskog after the collision. --- Detroit Red Wings forward Teemu Pulkkinen has been fined $2,000 for diving/embellishment. Pulkkinen was issued a warning following an incident flagged by NHL Hockey Operations during a game at Vancouver on Oct. 24. His second citation, which triggered the $2,000 fine, was issued for an incident at 12:36 of the first period against Dallas on Nov. 8. --- The Chicago Blackhawks activated defensemen Michal Rozsival and Duncan Keith from long-term injured reserve. Both players will be in the lineup Saturday against the St. Louis Blues, coach Joel Quenneville said. Rozsival, 37, has missed the entire season with a broken left ankle sustained during the Blackhawks' Western Conference second-round series against the Minnesota Wild last season. Keith, 32, had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee Oct. 20 and was projected to miss 4-6 weeks. The Blackhawks are 5-4-1 with him out of the lineup. The Blackhawks also reassigned defensemen Erik Gustafsson and Viktor Svedberg to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League. --- The St. Louis Blues placed forward Martin Havlat on unconditional waivers. Havlat was seeking his unconditional release from the team due to personal reasons. He has asked for privacy at this time, according to the team announcement. Havlat, 34, was originally brought in by the Blues on a professional tryout and signed a one-year contract on Nov. 6. He appeared in two games with the team, scoring one goal. --- The Washington Capitals reassigned right winger Chris Brown for conditioning purposes and center Chandler Stephenson to the Hershey Bears of the AHL. Brown, 24, has earned three points (two goals, one assist) in 22 career NHL games with Washington and Arizona. He appeared in five games with the Capitals last season with one goal. Stephenson, 21, has played in nine games with the Capitals this season with no points and made his NHL debut on Oct. 15. --- The Nashville Predators signed center Anthony Richard to a three-year entry-level contract. Richard, 18, is ranked among the top 10 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League skaters in goals (sixth, 16), points (eighth, 34) and assists (10th, 18) through 22 games and in game-winning goals (five) in his fourth season with the Val-d'Or Foreurs. The 5-foot-10 Richard was the Predators' fourth-round selection (100th overall) in the 2015 NHL draft. --- Team North America named four assistant coaches for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, including Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Peter DeBoer of the San Jose Sharks, Dave Tippett of the Arizona Coyotes and Jay Woodcroft of the Edmonton Oilers. The assistant coaches will report to Team North America general manager Peter Chiarelli of the Oilers, associate GM Stan Bowman of the Chicago Blackhawks and head coach Todd McLellan of the Oilers. Team North America will consist of players from the United States and Canada who will be age 23 or younger as of Oct. 1, 2016. (Editing by Larry Fine) ))