Obama, Harper face off with hockey bet

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Obama have wagered a case of beer on the men’s and women’s Olympic hockey games this week.

.@pmharper and I bet on the women’s and men’s US-Canada hockey games. Winner gets a case of beer for each game. #GoTeamUSA! -bo

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2014

I’m betting @barackobama one case of Canadian beer per hockey game this week. #teamusa is good, but #WeAreWinter. #GoCanadaGo @WhiteHouse

— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) February 20, 2014

While Harper said he’d send Obama a case of Canadian beer, Obama didn’t specify. Harper could be in line to receive a case of the highly coveted White House beer brewed in the kitchen of the executive mansion, though.

The Canadian and American women’s hockey teams will face off for a gold medal on Thursday in Sochi. On Friday, the countries’ men’s teams will battle to advance to the gold medal game in a rematch of the 2010 championship.

Harper and Obama met Thursday in Mexico for a trade summit, during which Obama said his fondness for America’s neighbor to the north might wane in the coming days.

“My brother-in-law is Canadian, so, you know, I have to like Canadians,” Obama quipped. “Although I will note that I think we are going to have both the men’s hockey teams and the women’s hockey teams battling it out, so for a very brief period of time, I might not feel as warm towards Canadians as I normally do, at least until those matches are over.”

Harper joked that he would “probably” continue to like his American relatives regardless of the outcome of the games.