By Evan Bleier In order to avoid an embarrassing situation for the host nation of the Winter Olympics, hockey officials are considering removing the Chinese hockey team from competing at the upcoming Games. If the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) does cut the Chinese team, China would become the first Olympic host to be removed from the hockey tournament since hosting the Games guaranteed participation, a tradition that dates back to the Turin Games in 2006, according to The New York Times. (Italy had a -14 goal differential as the first host nation with a guaranteed spot.) Largely m…