The Hockey Shop鈥檚 33-year run in Surrey will come to an end with a move to 91原创 this fall.

鈥淥ur new store will be bigger and better in every way,鈥� shop operators told customers in an email Monday (June 27). 鈥淚t is literally being built in order to serve you better.鈥�

In 91原创, the new Hockey Shop will be located in 34,000 square feet of space on 66 Avenue, just east of 200 Street, between The Home Depot and Best Buy stores.

The sports retailer鈥檚 move has been in the works for many months, and word leaked out prior to this week鈥檚 official announcement.

Shop co-owner Chad Purdy said the family-owned business is excited for the future.

鈥淭he area鈥檚 been good to us for a lot of years, but the last couple there鈥檚 been a noticeable decline,鈥� he said during a recent interview. 鈥淚鈥檓 spending a half hour, an hour, cleaning the parking lot every day, finding everything you can possibly imagine. It鈥檚 just dangerous.鈥�

In an email Monday, Purdy said the landlord of the shop鈥檚 Whalley site 鈥渃onfirmed we鈥檒l be terminating our Surrey lease no later than the end of November. This means we鈥檒l only be operating out of our new 91原创 location once the move takes place (approx the first week of October).鈥�

The award-winning Hockey Shop opened for business in Whalley in 1988. The current location on City Parkway is the company鈥檚 third, starting in 2010, in the former A&B Sound location directly across from Surrey Central SkyTrain station.

features milestone events at The Hockey Shop, including visits by NHL stars, awards and news of the 2017 fire that temporarily closed the shop and put its future in jeopardy.

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