Tyler King, a former assistant general manager of the Okotoks Oilers, a Junior A team in the B.C. Hockey League, has been charged by the RCMP in Alberta with sex offences involving three minor-aged players, and police believe there may be more victims.
RCMP Corp. Daniel Campbell said in a media conference Monday that the 39-year-old King, who was arrested on Friday after crossing the border from New York into Ontario, solicited intimate photos and sexual videos from three players who were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offences.
“As a result of an extensive investigation, it was determined that the victims identified were from Alberta and Saskatchewan, all junior A hockey players,” Campbell said, declining to elaborate on the players’ identities.
The first alleged offence of child luring allegedly occurred between June 2021 and April 2023. The second offence of child luring allegedly occurred between January 2021 and October 2024, and the third such offense allegedly took place between September 2022 and October 2022. All the offences took place at or near Okotoks, which is about 50 kilometres south of Calgary.
King is also charged with sexual exploitation and making, printing, publishing or possessing child pornography, also at or near Okotoks. The charges against King have not been proven in court, and he has not yet entered a plea.
Campbell said the RCMP believe there could be more victims and encouraged them to contact police.
King worked for the Oilers for three seasons, from 2021 to 2024, and in a June 21, 2024, news release announcing his departure from the organization, the Oilers wrote they “would like to thank Tyler King for his tireless efforts.”
On June 24, 2024, the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers announced King had joined the organization as vice president of business development.
“The BCHL is aware of the charges against a former team employee, Tyler King. Although he spent only a few brief months in the BCHL, we have fully supported the RCMP’s investigation of this matter. Upon learning of the accusations, his BCHL team immediately terminated his employment,” said BCHL spokesman Jesse Adamson, who noted that prior to joining the BCHL in 2024, the Okotoks Oilers played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
The RCMP’s Campbell said the Oilers advised police about the allegations against King in June 2024 and said the team had been cooperative during the criminal investigation. Campbell said the Clippers were likely unaware of the allegations against King when they hired him.
King also worked for Hockey Canada in 2021 as logistics manager at the World Junior Championship in Edmonton.
More recently, King worked as a sports media professor at the State University of New York-Oswego.
“The safety and well-being of our students remain the university’s highest priority, and we are committed to maintaining a safe, supportive learning environment for all members of our campus community,” said school spokeswoman Karen Crowe.
Campbell addressed the two-year time frame it has taken for police to lay charges in the case.
“Given the seriousness of the investigation, it was important we proceed careful,” he said. “This was a complex investigation involving multiple jurisdictions and multiple law enforcement agencies. We wanted to make sure we got it right.”
According to his biography on SUNY Oswego’s website, King joined the school in 2025 as its communication studies department’s first “professor of practice,” specializing in multimedia journalism.
In addition to his teaching, King has served as faculty advisor to the campus television station, WTOP-10, where he works with students on live sports production, station governance, and news programming, his biography says, adding that he continues to work professionally in the AHL as a video producer and public address announcer for the Belleville Senators, the minor-league affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.