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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Most Americans know where Anaheim is.
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That's because they've had pro teams in the Ducks and Angels. Before the Mighty Ducks, it was that city that had Disneyland for people who knew it wasn't in LA.
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There was a Major League Baseball team called the Anaheim Angels.
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That was after the Mighty Ducks joined the NHL. They had been known as the California Angels before that.
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Ontario is also a city in California, which works against it.
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There are lots of common place names in North America.
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EDIT: The NHL also vetoed the original name for the Colorado Avalanche -- the Rocky Mountain Extreme.
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That seems a little extreme.