--- description: The real question is what kind of beer we’re talking about here title: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Obama and Harper Bet on Women's Hockey image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt132d01ba720d55a7/698682f81eebf7a31936f8b4/president-obama-beer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [olympics](/tag/olympics/) ## olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama and Canadian Leader Make Beer Bet on Olympic Women’s Hockey Final  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2014 6:36 PM CUT  Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2014 6:36 PM CUT President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday that they’ve bet each other a case of beer for each game as the U.S. and Canada face off in the Olympic Women’s Hockey finals this week. Neither of the presidents, who announced their wager on Twitter, indicated just what kind of beer was on the line, though Harper did specify Canadian beer. So if the U.S. women emerge victorious, be on the lookout for Labatt Blue empties littering the White House lawn. > [](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/436515835621171200) > [](https://twitter.com/pmharper/status/436517440106012672) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/8954/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-womens-hockey-final-bet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/8954/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-womens-hockey-final-bet/"},"headline":"Obama and Canadian Leader Make Beer Bet on Olympic Women’s Hockey Final","datePublished":"2014-02-20T18:36:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:27:20.172Z","description":"The real question is what kind of beer we’re talking about here","url":"https://time.com/8954/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-womens-hockey-final-bet/","keywords":["olympics","Barack Obama","Beer","White House","hockey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt132d01ba720d55a7/698682f81eebf7a31936f8b4/president-obama-beer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt132d01ba720d55a7/698682f81eebf7a31936f8b4/president-obama-beer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"president-obama-beer","caption":"president-obama-beer","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/8954/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-womens-hockey-final-bet/","name":"Obama and Canadian Leader Make Beer Bet on Olympic Women’s Hockey Final"}}]}] ```