Quebec City sports cclumnist Claude Larochelle (LeSoM) had done us a disservice, His briUiant bock, “Les Nordiques Et Le Circuit Maudit (The Nordiques And The Cursed League) does not have an English translation. That is most unfortunate since Claude has unearthed some fascinating facts about the birth and painful life of the W1IA. Published by Lotographie, Inc., in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, ($6.95) the boofc details among olher facts, the manner in which Sammy Pollock wooed Guy LaNear away from the Nordiques and inlo The Forum. There also are juidy chapters about Jacques Plante, Maurice Richard and others connected with the Nordiques and WHA.