Art Ross pucks are solid rubber with a beveled edge and have an orange or yellow label with black writing which says "Dist By C.C.M. Official Art Ross **LEAUGE NAME** Puck" The Converse logo "Tyer" and "Made In U.S.A.". They can be in lots of different combinations.
Depending on the era, the label can be square, octagonal, round or clipped-corner square. Sometimes they have a team logo on the front, and sometimes only a repeat of the CCM-Tyer-Art Ross label. There are two versions I know of, one has the logos/labels screened onto them (like modern pucks) and the other has the logos/labels put on with a rubberized ink stamp.
The "slug" type refers to how the puck was made. It was first formed out of a log of rubber, had the checkered pattern applied to the edge, then it was sliced into "slugs", or puck-sized discs, then the edges were rounded over (beveled).
And I bet that's more about hockey pucks than anyone ever wanted to know!!!
http://www.classicauctions.net/Default.aspx?tabid=263&auctionid=51&lotid=236 Shows some good examples of early Art Ross pucks.
James
