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. Gary Harris Nuggets Jersey . His recovery time is expected to be six to eight months. Seidenberg was injured in the third period of Fridays 5-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators, when he got his leg tangled with forward Cory Conacher. 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LOUIS -- Russell Martin wanted a better fate for his starting pitcher and helped deliver a happier ending.CHICAGO - Cody Eakin and the Dallas Stars travelled to Chicago three times this season, and each time they had to face the Blackhawks on the second part of games on consecutive days.They found a way to grab the third one.Eakin had two goals and an assist, and the Stars scored three times in the third period of a 6-3 victory over the slumping Blackhawks on Sunday.For us, were battling hard to try to climb up the ladder and we took it a period at a time and it was good to see the guys push through, Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said.Eakin had a short-handed goal in the first and a tiebreaking power-play score in the third as Dallas won for the third time in four games. The Stars (21-17-7) also earned their first victory of the season against the Blackhawks after they dropped their first three meetings.The game went back and forth, Eakin said. They started strong and we didnt, then we picked up our socks. The third period was good, which we needed, and thats the difference.Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist for Dallas, which was coming off a 5-4 victory over Washington on Saturday night. Seguin is tied with Rangers star Rick Nash for the NHL lead with 28 goals.Chicago (28-15-2) dropped consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 1-2 against Toronto and Winnipeg. The Blackhawks, who lost 4-2 to Winnipeg on Friday night, are just 3-5 in January after they went 10-2-1 in December.Were not happy, coach Joel Quenneville said. Home games. Games that were expected to win. Teams that played the night before. Points that youve got to have. Divisional games. It shows you our divisions competitiveness.Brandon Saad scored two goals for Chicago, which had a 41-34 advantage in shots on goal. Saad has five goals and an assist in his last four games.The Stars and Blackhawks were tied at 3 when Chicago defenceman Johnny Oduya was sent off for tripping Seguin at 1:22 of the third. Eakin then capped a nifty passing sequence for Dallas with a tap-in goal.At that time of the game, its a big power play, Ruff said. Its a big goal for your team and gives us a little bit of momentum and it makes them gamble a little bit more. I think when youu saw that you saw the odd-numbered rushes and you saw even better opportunities on our part.ddddddddddddErik Cole made it 5-3 when he finished off a 2-on-1 with Jason Spezza, and Shawn Horcoff added an empty-netter with a minute left. The six goals allowed were a season high for Chicago.Vernon Fiddler also scored for Dallas, and Jamie Benn had three assists. Kari Lehtonen had 38 saves.Were coming together here halfway through the year, Jamie Benn said. Its just coming together as a team, playing good team defence and getting contribution from everyone.Patrick Kane scored his 21st goal for Chicago, and Corey Crawford finished with 28 stops.Youre going to have your moments across the season, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. Were not going to overreact and make a huge deal or panic about anything. The same way we dont get overconfident when things are going our way.The Blackhawks trailed 2-1 before they turned a strange play by Dallas defenceman Jordie Benn into the tying score. Benn was sent off for interference after he skated up to Marian Hossa from behind and flipped the forwards stick out of his hands, all the way to the protective netting behind the Dallas net.Saad scored on the resulting power play, tipping home a rebound after a long shot for Sharp. After Fiddler scored on his own rebound in the final minute of the first, Saad tied it again when he spun around and flung the puck past Lehtonen for his 15th goal at 7:13 of the second.NOTES: The Stars and Blackhawks play again on March 21 in Dallas. ... The Blackhawks scratched Daniel Carcillo, and the veteran forward is likely headed for a significant suspension after his illegal hit on Winnipegs Mathieu Perreault in the second period of Friday nights 4-2 loss to the Jets. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced during Sundays game that Carcillo is scheduled for a phone hearing on Monday. ... Stars D Trevor Daley missed his second straight game with an undisclosed injury. ... The crowd of 22,135 was the 300th consecutive sellout for the Blackhawks, including the playoffs.___Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '