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FLACHAU, Austria - Frida Hansdotter of Sweden dominated a World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, strengthening her position at the top of the discipline standings going into the world championships next month.Loudly cheered by 14,800 spectators, Hansdotter built on her first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 49.59 seconds.Tina Maze of Slovenia was 0.61 behind in second, and Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States improved from a disappointing opening run to finish third, 0.63 behind.I dont feel like a favourite but for sure its fun if I would be a favourite, Hansdotter said about the Feb. 14 world championship race in Beaver Creek, Colorado — where Shiffrin will be defending her title.I just need to ski my skiing and ski good and then the results are coming, she said. You cant be focusing on where you should end up. You just need to focus on what you should do with your skis.Hansdotter led Maze by 0.23 after the opening run but used a flawless final run for a convincing win.It was the Swedes 14th career World Cup podium but only second victory. She also won in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, last season.Hansdotter now has 420 points in the slalom standings, with two-time champion Shiffrin in second place on 379 points.Good training, hard training, and know what you need to do, Hansdotter said about her consistency this season. In training, I always try to be on the limit, but not over the limit. That is the hard part, to really be on your top but dont ski more than you can.Erin Mielzynski of Collingwood, Ont., was 12th.Maze went further ahead in the overall standings with 857 points, well ahead of Shiffrin on 605 points. However, Maze has two weekends of speed racing coming up in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland, while Shiffrin wont race on the World Cup until after the world championships.I was really easy today, said the Slovenian, who looks set for a repeat of her 2013 overall triumph. I was training good the last days and I was pretty confident about my slalom here.Maze benefited from the cancellation of a downhill and a super-G in Austria last weekend.We were training slalom in Bad Kleinkirchheim so you get more slalom turns in your legs and in your head, Maze said. The schedule is crazy doing all the events. It takes a lot of energy and adaption to each discipline.Shiffrin, who had won the event for the past two years, avoided mistakes in her first run but was still 0.68 behind Hansdotter in eighth.The American looked more aggressive in her second run and posted the second-fastest time after Veronika Velez-Zuzulova of Slovakia.I felt like the surface was better the second run, Shiffrin said. I was able to get an edge in the snow and I found some response and I was able to arch cleaner turns.Despite posting the fastest time up to then, Shiffrin shrugged after crossing the finish line.I didnt think my second run was good enough or fast enough to win today because Tina and Frida are so strong.After winning in Kuehtai, Austria, and Zagreb, Croatia, recently, Shiffrin missed out on yet another record — as no Americam skier has won three World Cup slaloms in a row.Eight of the 30 skiers who qualified for the second run failed to finish on the demanding course.The annual night slalom is the race with the highest prize money on the womens circuit, with the winner taking home nearly 53,000 euros ($62,300).So now I dont need to ski anymore? Hansdotter joked about her paycheque. Thats not the things I am thinking about when I am racing. But for sure its good for the future. Adidas Nmd r1 Damske Levne . 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The Maple Leafs handed their embattled head coach a two-year contract extension on Thursday, while at the same time announcing that assistants Dave Farrish, Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon will not be back.The Vancouver Canucks, who struggled into the Olympic break, will try to restart their season on a positive note as they host The St. Louis Blues The Canucks may have needed the break more than any team as they went into the hiatus having lost seven in a row, including a winless five-game road trip to close out the pre-Olympic schedule. Vancouver has lost seven in a row in regulation for the first time since Dec. 26-Jan. 6 during the 1998-99 campaign and is on its longest skid of any kind since going 0-5-3 from Jan. 9-31, 2009. The Canucks have 63 points on the season, one back of Phoenix and Dallas for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. The break did allow Henrik Sedin some additional time to heal from a rib injury that has held him to just two games since Jan. 18 and caused him to sit out the Olympics. "Henrik is landing this morning," head coach John Tortorella told reporters on Wednesday morning. "We hope hell play tonight." However, forward Ryan Kesler wont play tonight due to a hand injury suffered while blocking a shot for Team USA on Feb. 15. He did not miss time during the Olympics, but had an MRI on Monday and is day-to-day. Vancouver recalled center Kellan Lain from the American Hockey League on Monday. Eddie Lack will get the start in goal. Regardless, the Canucks will look to get on track while playing their next three as the home team. That includes March 2 in the Heritage Classic versus Ottawa to be played at BC Place, which features a retractable roof. The Canucks have won two prior meetings with the Blues this season and are 5-0-2 in the last seven encounters overall. Vancouver also is 3-0-1 in its past four versus St. Louis at home. T.J. Oshie had one of the more memorable experiences during the Winter Olympics, even if the American was unable to get his country a medal. Oshie was part of a Team USA squad that failed to medal in Sochi, though the 27-year-old was briefly the talk of the Olympics after he scored four times during an eight-round shootout to help lift the U.ddddddddddddS. to a win over Russia during group play. The forward became a media sensation and U.S. hero for his clutch performance, though he fizzled out like the rest of Team USA, which failed to beat Canada in the semifinals before falling in defeat to Finland in the bronze medal game. "It was pretty crazy after that shootout. Its all a little bitter now that we get back and have nothing to show for it, but it was a pretty cool couple of days after that seeing some of my family on some major TV shows and stuff like that," said Oshie. The Blues do return a number of players who collected medals in Sochi, including gold medal-winning defensemen Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester of Team Canada as well as forwards Alexander Steen and Patrik Berglund, who picked up silver with Sweden. Steen continued his solid campaign that has seen him score a career-high 28 goals through just 46 games on the season. St. Louis comes out of the break having gone 3-0-1 in its previous four while winning seven of its last 10. The Blues are even with the idle Chicago Blackhawks for the top spot in the Central standings with 84 points, three behind the Anaheim Ducks for the most in the NHL. The Blues play their next three on the road looking to maintain that success, something Oshie believes his club can do. "I think so. Weve got some guys coming off some pretty big highs, getting a gold and silver medal, and weve got some other guys like myself and (forward David) Backes that are fired up we didnt get anything," Oshie said. "I feel like after big losses like that, it inspires you to work harder. Its always easy coming back to this group of guys." ' ' '