FACEOFF: Neither Santa Ana nor Anaheim was...

FACEOFF: Neither Santa Ana nor Anaheim was represented by 11 would-be hockey team owners in 10 U.S. and Canadian cities applying for expansion franchises, National Hockey League officials announced Wednesday. One reason, says Anaheim City Manager James Ruth, is that the local group trying to line up a team for his city’s arena are after an existing franchise. . . . However, Los Angeles Lakers basketball team owner Jerry Buss is applying for an NHL expansion franchise for San Diego or Orange County (C10). Says Ruth: “We’d love to have Jerry Buss. . . . We would absolutely be delighted.”