• World governing body IIHF threatening to expel China from Olympic ice hockey tournament.
• IIHF prepared to bend eligibility rules for China to avoid global embarrassment.
• New Canadian coach hired with just nine months to go.
• Political infighting hindering recruitment process for players.

In news that has not previously been reported, China Sports Insider can exclusively reveal that the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has threatened to kick the Chinese team out of its own Olympic ice hockey tournament on home soil in Beijing if China doesn’t get its act together quickly, according to multiple sources. Furthermore, the situation is so dire that the IIHF has offered to waive its own eligibility requirements to allow China to bolster its own team through foreign-born recruits.