Isophoric News · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
SUNY Oswego employee charged in Alberta with luring and exploitation of junior hockey players
A SUNY Oswego professor of practice, Tyler King, 39, was arrested at the Lansdowne border crossing in Ontario and has been charged by Alberta RCMP with three counts of luring a person under 18, sexual exploitation of a young person and making child pornography, all at or near Okotoks, Alberta. The charges have not been proven in court. SUNY Oswego's president told the campus on 2 November that King is banned from campus without pay.
Alberta RCMP announced the charges at an online news conference on Monday, 2 November 2026. Tyler King, 39, is charged with three counts of luring a person under 18, sexual exploitation of a young person, and making, printing, publishing or possessing child pornography. CTV News, reporting from the court documents, names him Tyler Robb King; the RCMP and the university give his name as Tyler King. According to the court documents as CTV reports them, the three luring counts involve three separate complainants. TSN reports the counts as alleged between January 2021 and October 2024, all at or near Okotoks, about 50 kilometers south of Calgary. King has not entered a plea, TSN reported, and the charges have not been proven in court.
The complainants were under 18 at the time. Cpl. Daniel Campbell of the Southern Alberta District General Investigation Section told the news conference they were "from Alberta and Saskatchewan, all junior A hockey players."
Campbell said an employee of the Okotoks Oilers Hockey Association reported in June 2024 that a former employee was "soliciting and compensating players for intimate images and sexual videos." The Southern Alberta District General Investigation Section took over the case in July 2024, the Canadian Press reported. Campbell said the investigation crossed several jurisdictions and agencies and that police "wanted to make sure that we got it right."
King's departure from the Oilers was announced on 21 June 2024. The club's chairman, Brent Lauinger, said in a statement on 2 November that the Oilers "were not aware of these allegations while this individual was with our organization," and that the club passed information it received after his departure to the RCMP. Campbell said he could not confirm whether the Oilers knew of the allegations before King left: "I'm not aware of how the timeline lines up."
King was arrested at the Lansdowne border crossing near Kingston, Ontario, after crossing from New York State. The Canadian Press, reporting the RCMP's account, gives the date as 30 October 2026. King was remanded in custody after a judicial interim release hearing, the Canadian Press reported, and is expected to be returned to Alberta this week.
Police said there could be more victims. Global News reported police saying there may be victims in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario, and in the Alberta communities of Fort McMurray and Brooks, where King also worked. APTN News reported that the RCMP is working with partners in New York.
King worked for the Okotoks Oilers from 2021 to 21 June 2024 as Assistant GM, Business Operations, according to the club's statement of 21 June 2024, since removed from its site and read in an archived copy; as logistics manager at the World Junior Championship in Edmonton in 2021, TSN reported; for the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL from June 2024 as vice president of business operations, according to CBC, citing the Clippers' release, with TSN giving the announcement date as 24 June 2024; and for SUNY Oswego from 2025 to 2 November 2026 as a professor of practice in the Department of Communication Studies, according to President Peter Nwosu's letter of 2 November 2026.
The BCHL said that "upon learning of the accusations, his BCHL team immediately terminated his employment." Campbell said the Clippers were "likely not aware of this report to police at the time of their hiring."
In a letter to the college community on the evening of 2 November, published in full by WRVO, President Peter Nwosu wrote that King "has been banned from campus without pay, effective immediately," that he "is currently incarcerated in Canada," and that the university is "coordinating with the law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation." The letter said the university could not comment further on an ongoing criminal matter. A university spokesperson, Karen Crowe, told TSN that "the safety and well-being of our students remain the university's highest priority."
The reports differ on two points. On the arrest date, the Canadian Press, reporting the RCMP, gives 30 October 2026, a Friday, and TSN, Global News and CBC say Friday; WSYR, attributing it to the RCMP, says Saturday, and APTN News gives 31 October. On King's status at SUNY Oswego, WSYR reported "The university has suspended King," while the president's letter says he has been "banned from campus without pay, effective immediately."
The RCMP investigation began in June 2024. SUNY Oswego hired King in 2025. The charges were announced on 2 November 2026. What SUNY Oswego's hiring check for the position covered is a question Isophoric News has not put to the university; the records of such a check would be a matter for a records request.
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