North defeat Cloud9, to DH Montreal final

North have secured their place in the DreamHack Open Montreal grand final after defeating Cloud9 2-0 (16-6 on Train and 16-11 on Cobblestone).

The second semi-final of the day kicked off on Train, Cloud9's map choice, with North picking up the Terrorist pistol round thanks to a flawless A execution. The Danes followed that up with slow-paced anti-ecos, and kept extending their lead with fast plays in the gun rounds, setting themselves up for an 8-0 lead.

Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip and co. then won their first two rounds – the first of them the result of a 1v4 clutch from William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba in a semi-buy –, and eventually grabbed two more before the break.

Now as Counter-Terrorists, North secured yet another perfect pistol round. After winning the subsequent anti-ecos, the Danish squad increased their lead to 14-4. Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's men still lost two more rounds, but they would easily close out the first map with a 16-6 score.

North have made it to the DreamHack Montreal grand final

On Cobblestone, a clean quad-kill from Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup helped North to win the Counter-Terrorist pistol. In the first gun round, Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta found four frags to power Cloud9 to secure their first round.

The North American squad would then grab one more before North went on a massive run for an 8-2 lead. In the next round, RUSH clutched a 1v2 situation, but Cloud9 were not able to string any rounds together, and had to settle for just four rounds in the half.

After picking up the pistol round, their fourth in the series, the Danes easily brought their lead to 14-4. Cloud9 then kept themselves in the game by winning seven straight rounds, but North had their eyes set on the final and eventually locked down the map.

DreamHack Open Montreal 2017Best of 3 NorthMatchpage 2 0 10th September 2017 Cloud9 16Train 6 16Cobblestone 11

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	41 - 31	+10	86.8	1.40
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	43 - 24	+19	75.7	1.37
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	39 - 32	+7	87.0	1.29
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	35 - 28	+7	73.4	1.12
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	29 - 30	-1	76.8	1.08

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	37 - 38	-1	75.7	0.97
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	33 - 38	-5	75.5	0.95
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	28 - 40	-12	71.2	0.86
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	26 - 38	-12	69.8	0.83
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	20 - 33	-13	41.2	0.63

Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1119 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 North #4 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 23 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Age: 19 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 521 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Timothy 'autimatic' Ta Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 550 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 21 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 826 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Cloud9 #11 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip