It’s from the cult classic Step Brothers, but it could have been said on East Avenue.

“That’s the voice of an angel. I can’t even make eye contact with you right now.” – Dale

Sorry, that’s not it. But given how often you hear Adam Mascherin singing, you never know.

“Did we just become best friends?” – Brennan

“Yup” – Dale

“Do you wanna go do karate in the garage?” – Brennan

“Yup.” – Dale

Swap “karate” out for “hockey”, and “garage” for ‘The Aud’, and that’s pretty much bang on.

Mascherin and Jeremy Bracco are roommates, living with the same billet family. But when Bracco moved in last season after leaving Boston College, it didn’t look like it was going to be a good fit.

“For the first two weeks even my billet mom even said that,” says Bracco. “She wasn’t sure if [Mascherin] and I were going to work out together. As you can see now, we do. We like to have our fun for sure. We’re best friends.”

“He’s the complete opposite of me,” says Mascherin. “We kind of butted heads at first, but as they say, opposites attract, so over time we became real close. It’s hard, my twin brother and I are real close, but Jeremy is a pretty close second to him.”

There are many words you will hear people use to describe the Freeport, New York native Bracco, but, “Quiet” is not one of them.

To some, it’s easy to see how he could even come across as abrasive, especially when he’s put in a competitive atmosphere. He’s never shy on celebrations, whether it be for a goal or an assist, but that comes from an attitude allowing him to be drafted in the second round, even with a relatively small frame.

Maybe it’s Bracco’s on-going chatter helping bring Mascherin out of his shell a bit since he came to East Ave from Maple.

“He doesn’t stop. I ask him almost every day, ‘Do you have an off button?’,” laughs Mascherin. “I love it though. I wake up and never know what to expect from him. He’s just a motor-mouth, but he makes me laugh.”

“It’s hard not to be outgoing when you’re around someone like that. He just has that personality. I might as we’ll be in his spotlight too if I’m hanging out with him.”

“It’s eventful,” agrees Bracco. “We like to have our fun, that’s for sure. We’re best friends. We do pretty much everything together and are inseparable.”

Until now.

Separated because Bracco is representing Team USA at the World Junior Hockey Championships, while the younger Mascherin is having Christmas dinner with his family.

At the break, he’s leading the Rangers in points with 55 in 31 games, including 24 goals; four points better than “bestie” Bracco, who’s notched 51 in 27 games. But, that spotlight being shined on him doesn’t come without a price.

“Every single day he calls me downstairs to get me to turn the TV on for him,” laughs Mascherin shaking his head as if he’s puzzled himself how this is a real thing that actually happens. “I’ll put a movie on for him, and come back halfway through the movie and finish it with him. I do everything for the guy.”

“I love the guy, so I don’t mind.”

When it comes to on the ice, it becomes simpler. Two elite forwards in the OHL, and two second round NHL draft picks doing what they do best. Despite playing apart for the majority of the last 13 games, they both know what makes them so successful together.

“He’s the best playmaker in the league, by far,” says Mascherin. “When you spend from the moment you wake up, to the moment you go to bed with the same guy, you’re going to develop chemistry.”

“I think if you look at the way he shoots the puck, it’s pretty simple,” laughs Bracco. “He’s a guy that wants to be a player, and it’s pretty simple to play with a guy like that.”

“We both push each other,” says Mascherin. “We’re both drafted and want to make it to the next level. The better we play, the better for our team.”

“I think any time anything good happens to the other guy, we’re probably happier than if it were to happen to us,” says Bracco. “It’s pretty cool to play alongside him.”

It’s also pretty cool to watch.