Former Junior A hockey broadcaster charged with multiple child luring offenses
Alberta RCMP have charged former junior hockey broadcaster Tyler Robb King with three counts of child luring, sexual exploitation and child pornography offenses linked to male players of the Okotoks Oilers.
Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Monday that 39-year-old Tyler Robb King has been charged with three counts of luring a child, sexual exploitation and offenses related to child pornography. The alleged offenses involve three male hockey players from the Okotoks Oilers Athletic Association and are said to have occurred between January 2021 and October 2024 near Okotoks, Alberta. King was arrested in Ontario on Saturday after crossing the border from New York State, where he resides.
Court documents indicate the first alleged child-luring incident took place between June 2021 and April 2023, the second between January 2021 and October 2024, and a third between September 2022 and October 2022. The investigation, which RCMP say has spanned more than two years, also includes charges of sexual exploitation and the making, printing, publishing or possessing of child pornography.
King has a long career in junior hockey communications. He worked for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in 2014, then spent over four years with the Brooks Bandits as a play-by-play broadcaster, communications manager and business manager. In 2021 he joined the Okotoks Oilers as a broadcaster and assistant general manager of business operations, a role he held for three seasons before parting ways with the club. A June 21, 2024 media release from the Oilers thanked King for his “tireless” efforts and noted his role in the team’s transition to the BCHL in January 2024.
After leaving Okotoks, King served as vice-president of business operations for the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers and, according to a university biography, became the first professor of practice in communication studies at the State University of New York in 2025, focusing on multimedia sports journalism. He also works as a video producer and public-address announcer for the Belleville Senators of the AHL.
"Played an instrumental role in guiding the team’s transition into the BCHL in January 2024," the Oilers’ statement read.
No court has yet ruled on the allegations. RCMP have indicated that additional victims may exist and have urged anyone with information to come forward.