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Until Friday, Windsor was one of the few OHL teams Connor McMichael hadn’t torched this season.

Well, consider the Spitfires officially crispy.

The London scoring star recorded his sixth hat trick of the campaign, including the pivotal go-ahead marker 1:41 into the third, to spark the Knights to a seventh straight win, 7-4 before 9,036 at Budweiser Gardens.

The latest outburst gave the Capitals first-rounder 37 goals – one better than his previous year – in just 36 games. His four points shot him right back into the scoring race and he sits just two tallies shy of league-leading Jack Quinn, who has played in nine more games.

“It’s cool beating my goal total from last year,” the 19-year-old world junior gold medallist said, “but I’m playing with two great linemates (Liam Foudy and Luke Evangelista) and they’re able to find me with ease. I think I’ve matured a lot. I’m not just scoring goals. I’m using my body to win faceoffs and do stuff away from the puck. I’m taking pride in that and doing a pretty good job so far.

“Hopefully I can keep it going.”

There’s no reason why he shouldn’t.

Windsor was proud of its past work against McMichael. The Spits held him to just one goal and four points in three previous meetings.