Bauer Supreme F50 Pro Goalie Stick Review — Ergo Bridge Arrives at the Second Price Point
Bauer's top-end spine drops to the second price point — in senior and intermediate
On this week’s InGoal Radio gear segment, Kevin Woodley and Cam from The Hockey Shop break down the new Bauer Supreme F50 Pro — and the headline is a spine. This is the first time Bauer has put Ergo Bridge on anything other than its top-end goal stick, and it lands in senior and intermediate alike.
- Ergo Bridge appears on a Bauer goalie stick below the top price point for the first time, landing on the Supreme F50 Pro in both senior and intermediate.
- Intermediate goalies get full access to Ergo Bridge on the F50 Pro, not just senior players — a significant step for the age group that relies most on mid-range pricing.
- The F50 Pro uses Pentagrip rather than Ergo Grip, making the grip the clearest dividing line between this stick and Bauer's pro model.
- The F50 Pro carries slightly more weight than the top-end stick due to a different carbon layup, but is described as the lightest stick in its price category.
- Second price point sticks have historically outperformed top-end sticks in durability across multiple brands, though the F50 Pro is too new to have field data.
This one came straight out of the YouTube comments. Enough of you asked about Bauer’s second price point goalie stick that Kevin Woodley took the request to Cam at The Hockey Shop Source for Sports, and the Supreme F50 Pro turned out to be worth the ask — because it carries a piece of technology Bauer has never put anywhere but the top of the wall.
The headline: Ergo Bridge, one price point down
The spine on the F50 Pro is Ergo Bridge, and this is the first time it has been offered on anything other than Bauer’s top-end goalie stick. That is the whole story of this stick in one feature. Cam’s framing: the pro stick keeps creeping up in price, and the answer has been to keep pushing more of its features down a level. This is the biggest one yet.
Senior and intermediate both get it
The bridge is not a senior-only headline. Intermediate F50 Pro sticks get it too, which matters for the age group where a second price point does most of its work. There is also a P28 curve available at this price mark.
What you give up: Ergo Grip
You get Pentagrip. You do not get Ergo Grip, the almost pistol-style grip from the pro stick. That is the clearest line between the two, and for most goalies it will come down to whether they have ever actually played with the pro grip.
Weight and kick point
The shoulder is standard and the carbon count is not identical to the top stick, so there is a little more weight in the F50 Pro. In Cam’s words it is still the lightest mid-level stick out there, and Kevin’s hands agreed. The kick point is mid, same as you would expect.
Durability — and the feel question
The trade that usually comes with a different carbon layup is durability, and historically it has gone the goalie’s way: across multiple brands the second price point has often proven more durable than the top one. These are brand new, so nobody has the miles yet. Kevin also put Cam on the spot about the one knock he hears on Bauer sticks at the very top end — that they eventually lose their whip and start to feel dead. Cam’s answer is the honest one: that is a feel question, not a measurable one, the same way some goalies find a chest protector bulky and others do not. Some will feel it. Some will not. That is why there are options on the wall.
Colours
A clean, mostly white colourway, with a few other options available. No custom on this one — what you see on the wall is what you get.
Where to find it
The Supreme F50 Pro is available in senior and intermediate at The Hockey Shop Source for Sports. You can also watch the full review on YouTube.
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