When the New York Islanders needed a new wingman, they called one up from their farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. When they needed someone to renovate their team store, they put a call into Trio Display. “The National Hockey League gave Trio Display a terrific recommendation,” said Islander Director of Merchandising, Terry Goldstein. “Then we looked at the work they did designing the team store for the San Jose Sharks and liked what we saw.”

The store is located in the Broadway Mall, a mid-level in Hicksville, New York. Working with a generous budget, the Trio design department looked forward to the opportunity. “The budget affords us a great opportunity to be creative,” said Todd Murphy, Trio Store Designer. “We can theme every detail, and we’re designing from scratch.”

The Trio Display department drew a bead on the hardcore Islander fan with detail that includes a floor rendered as an ice rink. The designers came up with custom-built hockey stick clothes racks and gravity-fed puck dispensers. You’d half expect to see a Zamboni sweeping the aisles.

“We have extensive experience in designing and planning team stores to draw from, and that’s vital when it comes to designing the theme into the store,” said Murphy. “And that was the biggest challenge, applying hockey imagery to a retail setting.”