Tyler Robb King, Social Media post. Fort McMurray media personality 2011-2015
OKOTOKS, Alta. — A former Okotoks Oilers assistant general manager and junior hockey commentator has been charged with child sexual exploitation offences involving three teenage hockey players.
Tyler Robb King, 39, was also a sports and media personality in Fort McMurray from 2011 to 2015, including serving as communications manager for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
Alberta RCMP announced the charges Monday following an investigation into allegations involving underage Junior A hockey players from Alberta and Saskatchewan.
King faces three counts of luring a person under 18, sexual exploitation of a young person and making child pornography.
“As a result of an extensive investigation, it was determined that the victims identified were from Alberta and Saskatchewan, all Junior A hockey players,” an RCMP investigator said during a Monday news conference.
The three complainants were boys under the age of 18 when the alleged offences occurred in the Okotoks area between 2021 and 2024.
The investigation began in June 2024 after an employee of the Okotoks Oilers Athletic Association reported concerns about a former staff member allegedly soliciting and compensating players for intimate photographs and videos.
The RCMP’s Southern Alberta general investigation section took over the case the following month.
King was arrested Friday, Oct. 30, at the Lansdowne border crossing near Kingston, Ont., after entering Canada from the United States, where he had been living and working.
He was remanded into custody following a judicial hearing and will be returned to Alberta to face the charges.
King worked with several Junior A hockey organizations during his career, including the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers and Nanaimo Clippers.
He joined the Brooks Bandits in 2015, spending more than four years as a play-by-play broadcaster and in communications and business management roles.
King moved to the Okotoks Oilers in 2021, serving as assistant general manager of business operations and the team’s play-by-play broadcaster.
He left the organization in June 2024 before joining the Nanaimo Clippers in British Columbia as vice-president of business operations.
In 2025, King joined the State University of New York at Oswego as a professor of practice specializing in multimedia sports journalism.
The RCMP believe there may be additional victims beyond the three identified during the investigation.
Police say potential victims could be located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario, as well as Alberta communities including Fort McMurray and Brooks.
The RCMP are urging anyone who believes they may have been victimized to contact their local police.
Investigators also encouraged parents and caregivers to speak regularly with children about personal safety, healthy boundaries and recognizing inappropriate behaviour, including grooming and sexual exploitation.
“We are encouraging parents and caregivers to have regular conversations with children about personal safety, healthy boundaries and the dangers of sexual exploitation, including sextortion,” an RCMP investigator said.
The RCMP say the investigation remains active, and the number of potential additional victims is unknown.
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