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But when it came time to move onto the next level, it looked like Lewis might be left behind. Though age had been no object during any point in their friendship, the teams for travel hockey were based on year of birth. Reese was born in 1984 and Lewis 1985...
“Me and him together,” Lewis said, “combined for 90 percent of our teams points [in seventh grade]. We combined for 21 points in just one game.”
Stunted by the lack of challenging competition, Reese quit before his sophomore season. Lewis played just one more year.
“Every time the other’s parents would go away,” Lewis said, “the other would stay over and say we were ‘watching the house.’”
Reese, by then a seasoned-veteran of the United States international program, starred for the Pittsburgh Forge of the North American Hockey League, which he had joined one season earlier. Not only would Lewis join him a few weeks into his second season, but they’d be matched...