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Former Alberta junior hockey executive charged with sex offences against players

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The Canadian Press. (2026, November 2). Former Alberta junior hockey executive charged with sex offences against players. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/former-alberta-junior-hockey-executive-charged-with-sex-offences-against-players/article_4cfb6003-1393-53d3-a410-15e9559b45d0.html

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Tyler King, a 39-year-old former junior hockey executive from Alberta, has been charged with sexually exploiting three players under the age of 18. He was arrested at a U.S. border crossing in Ontario and faces charges including luring, sexual exploitation, and making child pornography. The alleged offenses occurred while King worked for various teams across Canada, including the Okotoks Oilers in Alberta. The team became aware of the allegations after King's departure and reported them to RCMP in June 2024.
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Tyler King, 39, a former junior hockey executive in Alberta, was arrested on November 2, 2026, at a U.S. border crossing in Ontario and charged with sexually exploiting three players under the age of 18 from Saskatchewan and Alberta. The RCMP confirmed that King faces charges including luring persons under 18, sexual exploitation, and making child pornography. He was previously employed by various teams across Canada, most recently as the assistant general manager for business operations at the Okotoks Oilers in Alberta until June 2024 when he left to work at SUNY Oswego in New York. The investigation into King's actions began after an employee of the Okotoks Oilers reported his alleged solicitation and compensation of players for intimate images in June 2024, leading to a two-year RCMP probe.

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🔮 A statement published on the team’s website around the same time announced King was leaving his job. “The Okotoks Oilers would like to thank Tyler King for his tireless efforts during his three seasons in our organization as Assistant GM, Business Operations,” said the June 2024 statement.
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Alberta OKOTOKS Oilers Ontario RCMP

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Alberta GPE · 5× King PERSON · 5× Oilers ORG · 4× RCMP ORG · 3× British Columbia GPE · 2× New York GPE · 2× OKOTOKS GPE · 2× Ontario GPE · 2× Tyler King PERSON · 2× the Okotoks Oilers ORG · 2×

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“We are still actively investigating the span of the time that (these offences) happened,” Cpl. Daniel Campbell said during a virtual news conference. “Given the seriousness of the accusations and to protect the integrity of the investigation, it was important that we proceed carefully and thoroughly at every stage.”
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🔮 A statement published on the team’s website around the same time announced King was leaving his job. “The Okotoks Oilers would like to thank Tyler King for his tireless efforts during his three seasons in our organization as Assistant GM, Business Operations,” said the June 2024 statement.

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OKOTOKS - A former junior hockey executive in Alberta has been charged with sexually exploiting three players. asserted
executive → charge → players
Tyler King, 39, was arrested Friday at a U.S. border crossing in Ontario, RCMP announced Monday. asserted
RCMP → arrest → Ontario
He had been working with the State University of New York campus at Oswego in New York state. asserted
He → work → state
RCMP said the 39-year-old is to be returned later this week to Alberta to face charges of luring, sexual exploitation and making child pornography. asserted
old → say → pornography
“We are still actively investigating the span of the time that (these offences) happened,” Cpl. Daniel Campbell said during a virtual news conference. “Given the seriousness of the accusations and to protect the integrity of the investigation, it was important that we proceed carefully and thoroughly at every stage.” asserted
we → investigate → stage
King had worked with various teams across Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia, including the Okotoks Oilers with the British Columbia Hockey League. asserted
King → work → League
Mounties said the Alberta-based Oilers reported in June 2024 that a former employee had allegedly solicited and compensated players for intimate images and sexual videos. uncertain
employee → say → images
A statement published on the team’s website around the same time announced King was leaving his job. “The Okotoks Oilers would like to thank Tyler King for his tireless efforts during his three seasons in our organization as Assistant GM, Business Operations,” said the June 2024 statement. asserted
statement → publish → GM
It said King had been in charge of overseeing all off-ice operations. asserted
King → say → operations
“During his second and third seasons with the Oilers, Tyler served as the main play-by-play voice of the team on The Eagle 100.9 FM in Okotoks and online streaming platforms,” it added. asserted
it → serve → Okotoks
The Oilers said in a statement Monday that it became aware of the allegations against King after he left the team. asserted
he → say → team
“After his departure, we received information that, while unverified at the time, raised enough concern that we felt it needed a closer look,” said Brent Lauinger, the team’s chairman and governor uncertain
Lauinger → receive → look
“We reviewed it carefully and passed it to the RCMP.” asserted
We → review → RCMP
The university in New York state said King joined the school in 2025 as a professor of practice with its communications studies department. asserted
King → say → department
“We are aware of the arrest in Canada and are co-ordinating with law enforcement,” it said in an email. asserted
it → co → email
“Because this is an ongoing criminal matter involving a university employee, we cannot comment further at this time.” asserted
we → involve → time
Campbell said the Oilers have also been co-operative with investigators. asserted
Oilers → say → investigators
“They’re obviously very concerned for their players,” he said. asserted
he → ’re → players
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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