KUEHTAI, Austria - It didnt take long for Swedish skier Sara Hector to follow up her first World Cup podium with her maiden victory.Just two weeks after coming second in a giant slalom in Are, Sweden, Hector upset all pre-race favourites to win a GS on Sunday.I am a bit surprised, said the 22-year-old Hector, who won the junior world title in the discipline in 2011. Its not easy to put words on it. Its emotionally different from Are as my family was there. Its just crazy that its all happening.On a course new to the World Cup, Hector finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 17.61 seconds to beat Anna Fenninger of Austria by 0.09 seconds.American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, who led after the opening run, came 0.18 behind in third while Marie-Pier Prefontaine of St-Sauveur, Que., was a career-best sixth place. Tina Maze of Slovenia was seventh to remain in the lead of the overall standings.I am skiing well all season and luckily its now showing in the races, too, Hector said. I have developed, I am mentally and physically stronger, and my equipment and set-up are good.Hector, who posted the fifth-fastest time in the second leg, trailed Shiffrin by 0.27 after the opening run, but the American lost a piece of her advantage at every split time of her final run.Shiffrin still led by 0.04 at the last intermediate time but didnt pick the fastest line toward the finish and dropped to third, acknowledging she lost maybe one-tenth there.Hectors win was not a big surprise to Fenninger, the defending overall champion from Austria said.I expected her back on the podium soon, said Fenninger, who struggled with the aftermath of a cold. Ive been a bit ill during the holidays. I have to be careful with my energy.The win saw Hector rise to fourth in the GS standings with 219 points, just seven behind Shiffrin. Eva-Maria Brem of Austria, who finished fourth, kept the lead with 270 points ahead of Fenninger with 242.Shiffrin was chasing her second win in GS and 11th overall after leading the opening run.The American is Olympic and world champion in slalom and has earned the discipline World Cup title for two straight years but is yet to reach a podium in her strongest event this season. In GS, however, she has vastly improved.I love skiing GS right now, especially when I ski well, but its not my favourite, Shiffrin said. I am satisfied to be on the podium again. I attacked (the second run) just enough to get a podium.Maze, who won the previous GS two weeks ago, improved to seventh after finishing a disappointing first run in 13th, while world champion Tessa Worley of France came 28th.Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., was 19th.It was the fourth womens GS of the season but the last before the world championship race in Beaver Creek on Feb. 12.The event was initially scheduled for Semmering but had to be moved because of a lack of snow in the resort near Vienna. Its the first World Cup event in Kuehtai, which hosted lower-tier Europa Cup races before and was a venue for the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in nearby Innsbruck in 2012.A slalom on the same course is scheduled for Monday. Michael Grabner Jersey . Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin, Bode Miller and Tim Jitloff underlined the squads enormous potential on the Rettenbach glacier in Austria. Custom Arizona Coyotes Jerseys . 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Atletico Madrid made it three wins from three thanks to a double from in-form striker Diego Costa in a 3-0 victory at Austria Vienna, leaving the Spanish side on the brink of the last 16 already to continue its brilliant start to the season.The defending Stanley Cup champions will begin the second round on home ice, as the Chicago Blackhawks host the Minnesota Wild at United Center in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Watch the Blackhawks vs. Wild live tonight on TSN2 at 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt. This series is rematch of a 2013 postseason matchup, as the Wild were the Blackhawks first victim in their march to the Cup last year. Chicago knocked Minnesota out of the first round in five games, losing only Game 3 on the road and holding a 17-7 edge in scoring. That was the first playoff meeting between these clubs, but the Wild can lean on the fact they went 3-1-1 versus the Blackhawks this season, splitting two games in Chicago. Game 2 of this series also will be staged in the Windy City on Sunday afternoon. For a little while, the Blackhawks quest to repeat as NHL champions appeared as if it was going to come to an end with a first-round exit. Then the Blackhawks reminded everyone just whey they are coming off their second Stanley Cup in four years. It looked as if Chicagos inability to claim home-ice advantage in its quarterfinals matchup with the St. Louis Blues would be the difference, as the Blackhawks lost a pair of overtime decisions to begin the set. That included a triple-overtime setback in Game 1 at Scottrade Center and the fact that the Hawks followed up with another 4-3 overtime setback in Game 2 could have left the club with slumped shoulders going back to the Windy City. Instead of rolling over, the Blackhawks got a 34-save shutout from Corey Crawford to win Game 3 before Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews potted back-to- back overtime-winning goals in Games 4 and 5. Toews then started a four-goal barrage in the third period of Game 6s series-clinching 5-1 win. Toews showed why he wears the captains "C" on his jersey as all three of his goals in the series were game-winners and he matched defenseman and Norris Trophy nominee Duncan Keith for the club lead with seven points. Toews was one of six multi-goal scorers for the Blackhawks in the series, with Kane also potting three goals. Keith and fellow defenseman Brent Seabrook added two goals and Seabrook finished with six points despite missing three games due to suspension for a hit to the head in Game 2. As expected, the duo of Keith and Seabrook logged a ton of minutes. Keith was on the ice for nearly 30 minutes a game, while Seabrook averaged 27 minutes and 41 seconds of ice time. Hell need to maintain his discipline in Round 2. Chicago also had the best penalty kill percentage coming out of the first round, limiting St. Louis to two goals on 29 chances. Crawford, meanwhile, settled down after a rough start to keep the Blackhawks chances of becoming the first repeat champions since the 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings alive. Rocked for eight goals in the two losses, Crawford followed up his third career postseason shutout by yielding just six goals on 98 shots over the final three games. He ended the series with a 2.03 goals against average and .926 save percentage. The Wild survived Round 1 despite playing from behind seemiingly the whole time during their quarterfinals matchup with the Central Division champion Colorado Avalanche.dddddddddddd A road team did not win a game in the series until Minnesotas 5-4 victory in Game 7. In that contest, the Wild overcame four one-goal deficits, getting a game-tying goal with 2:27 left in regulation before Nino Niederreiters tally 5:02 into overtime. Niederreiters second goal of the game capped the latest comeback of the series for the Wild. They trailed 2-0 in the series after losing the first two on the road and then were behind 3-2 ahead of a Game 6 victory. Rookie netminder Darcy Kuemper was seen as the savior at the early portion of the series, relieving Ilya Bryzgalov in Game 2 and going perfect with 14 saves. He then allowed just one goal in total in back-to-back home victories, including a defensive 22-save gem in Game 3. Like the rest of Minnesotas roster, Kuemper showed an ability to bounce back, following up a Game 5 defeat with a 21-save effort in the next game to extend the series. However, Kuemper was forced to exit Game 7 after 51 minutes of action due to an unknown injury and Bryzgalov had to make just one save in 13 minutes and 15 seconds of relief before Niederreiters goal. The injury will leave Bryzgalov as the starter for at least Game 1 of this series and he posted just a 4.25 goals against average and .826 save percentage in his three games that totaled 112:41 of ice time. John Curry, a 30-year-old journeyman, will suit up as Bryzgalovs backup. Curry has seen action in six career NHL games and none in the playoffs. Head coach Mike Yeo said that Kuemper is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury following Fridays morning skate. Minnesota has made it to the playoffs in both seasons since signing forward Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter to monster contracts and both were solid in Round 1. Parise had three goals and seven assists, tying him with three other players -- two of those on the Avalanche -- for the postseason lead in points. Mikko Koivu was second on the club with six points off a goal and five helpers. Suter, meanwhile, averaged 29:47 of ice time and had a goal with three assists to lead Wild defensemen in points. Thirteen different skaters scored a goal for the Wild against the Avalanche, with Charlie Coyle matching Parise for the team lead with three. Youngsters Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund added two each along with veteran Kyle Brodziak, while blueliners Jared Spurgeon and Marco Scandella also scored twice. Kuemper won his only start versus Chicago this season, stopping 33-of-34 shots faced at home in January, while Bryzgalov took a shootout loss in Chicago. Bryzgalov is 8-6-5 with a 2.51 GAA lifetime versus the Blackhawks. Crawford, meanwhile, went 2-2-0 with a 2.98 GAA in four games versus the Wild this season. Kane had three goals and two assists versus the Wild in 2013-14 Toews, though, was held to just a pair of assists. Parise had two goals against Chicago in the season series, while Suter had three assists and Granlund four helpers. 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