ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Ever since his 2024 diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, much of three-year-old Caleb Seidl’s life has been rooted in uncertainty.

“We’ve been through some really intense treatments,” Caleb’s father Reuben Seidl said. “It’s amazing, his resilience and his energy and just the fight that he’s shown, not even realizing that he’s been fighting, but just trying to be a kid and be himself.”

One way Caleb and his family have found to help him be himself has been embracing his love of hockey.

“As anyone that has a toddler knows, it’s hard to get them to sit on one idea or one want,” Reuben Seidl said. “But Caleb has always loved sports. He’s always loved watching hockey games even before his diagnosis.”

He’s joined a Alaska All-Stars Hockey Association team that’s usually meant for kids six and older. But it made an exception to accommodate the fast-learning Caleb.

“It’s a real privilege to get to support a kid like Caleb that’s out here fighting a battle you don’t wish on your worst enemies,” All-Stars coach Nic Cohen said. “The kid started off with a pusher and now he’s flying around out there having a blast every night.”

That’s why, when the Make-A-Wish Foundation approached the Seidl family with news that Caleb qualified for a wish, he made himself abundantly clear.

“He always landed on wanting to be a hockey team,” his dad remembered. “So we passed that on and we worked with the wish coordinators, and they were like, ‘Man, it’s pretty unusual for a three-year-old to want to be a hockey team.’ But it’s amazing. They’re making it work.”

All it took was slightly adjusting the syntax of Caleb’s wish – and enlisting the help of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken – to put a plan together.

“We got to meet [mascot] Buoy from the Kraken in June,” Reuben Seidl recalled. “And we got to meet John Hayden, who played with the Kraken last season.”

The second phase of that wish gets going Monday when the Seidl’s head to Seattle to watch the Kraken take on the Pittsburgh Penguins with a group of family and friends tagging along.

“The Kraken and Make-a-Wish were so blown away by the support,” Reuben Seidl said. “They ended up helping everybody find an amazing seat.”

Caleb will also get to participate in a Kraken practice the next day.

“Every single person we’ve talked to has just been incredibly generous, and kind, and supportive,” Reuben Seidl said. “Just making sure that the family, and Caleb especially, feel special.”

See a spelling or grammar error? Report it to web@ktuu.com

Copyright 2026 KTUU. All rights reserved.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders. The unit is based in Alaska and specializes in operating in arctic conditions.

One defense official said the troops are standing by to deploy to Minnesota should President Donald Trump invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely-used 19th century law that would allow him to employ active duty troops as law enforcement.

The move comes just days after Trump threatened to do just that to quell protests against his administration’s immigration crackdown.

In an emailed statement, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell did not deny the orders were issued and said the military “is always prepared to execute the orders of the Commander-in-Chief if called upon.”

ABC News was the first to report the development.

On Thursday, Trump said in a social media post that he would invoke the 1807 law “if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job.”

He appeared to walk back the threat a day later, telling reporters at the White House that there wasn’t a reason to use it “right now.”

“If I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump said. “It’s very powerful.”

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act throughout both of his terms. In 2020 he also threatened to use it to quell protests after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, and in recent months he threatened to use it for immigration protests.

The law was most recently invoked by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to end unrest in Los Angeles after the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat and frequent target of Trump, has urged the president to refrain from sending in more troops.

“I’m making a direct appeal to the President: Let’s turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are,” Walz said last week on social media.

___

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

High School

Hockey

Tuesday

West Valley 3, Lathrop 2

Wasilla 5, Palmer 1

Kenai Central 4, Homer 3

Eagle River 4, Service 3

Wednesday

Dimond 6, Service 2

Chugiak 5, Eagle River 0

Thursday

Wasilla 3, Soldotna 2

West Valley 3, Dimond 0

Juneau-Douglas 4, Delta 2

Friday

Juneau-Douglas 11, Delta 1

Palmer 11, Kenai Central 3

Saturday

Houston 3, Kenai Central 2

South 4, West Valley 2

• • •

Basketball

Girls

Monday

West 52, South 13

Bartlett 70, Eagle River 12

Tuesday

Dimond 53, South 31

North Pole 56, West Valley 20

Service 80, Eagle River 18

West 68, Chugiak 41

Colony 74, Palmer 17

Monroe Catholic 58, Hutchison 15

Redington 28, Susitna Valley 26

Wednesday

Soldotna 55, Bethel 18

Hoonah 54, Skagway 19

Thursday

Tok 54, Galena 53

Hoonah 52, Skagway 22

Fort Yukon 58, Birchwood Christian 12

Minto 68, Nunamiut 20

Lathrop 68, East 44

Nikiski 54, Bethel 50

Nome-Beltz 46, Cordova 38

Wasilla 60, Mt. Edgecumbe 21

Friday

Chief Ivan Blunka 52, Manokotak 39

Delta 59, Minto 35

Fort Yukon 62, Cook Inlet Academy 19

Mt. Edgecumbe 43, Ketchikan 32

Wasilla 64, Sitka 28

Tri-Valley 46, Susitna Valley 28

Cordova 62, Akiachak 17

Chief Ivan Blunka 52, Tanalian 49

Unalakleet 68, Alakanuk 26

Wrangell 42, Petersburg 28

Saturday

Nome-Beltz 70, Akiachak 24

Walter Northway 49, Birchwood Christian 19

Susitna Valley 45, Cook Inlet Academy 29

Boys

Sunday

Buckland 94, Shungnak 55

Monday

Hydaburg 60, SISD 28

Kake 62, Yakutat 17

Bartlett 65, Eagle River 34

Tuesday

Kake 53, Yakutat 17

Hydaburg 47, SISD 38

Redington 51, Susitna Valley 40

Colony 60, Palmer 41

Wasilla 61, Grace Christian 48

West Valley 44, North Pole 22

West 83, Chugiak 41

Dimond 59, South 45

East 85, Bartlett 28

Service 85, Eagle River 23

Wednesday

Kenai Central 60, Bethel 54

Skagway 71, Hoonah 34

Thursday

North Pole 71, Galena 47

King Cove 96, Koliganek 20

Skagway 61, Hoonah 15

Nunamiut 82, Tok 75

South 74, Susitna Valley 47

Bethel 75, Homer 50

Barrow 58, Monroe Catholic 44

Walter Northway 93, Birchwood Christian 43

Lathrop 70, Service 62

Grace Christian 63, Soldotna 41

Wasilla 74, Bartlett 53

West 81, Eagle River 27

Colony 80, Juneau-Douglas 60

Sand Point 36, Dillingham 34

Nome-Beltz 76, Valdez 43

Friday

Tok 55, Glennallen 50

King Cove 96, Togiak 30

Birchwood Christian 62, Nenana 49

Minto 55, North Pole 48

Delta 85, Nunamiut 29

Cook Inlet Academy 63, Gambell 52

Manokotak 56, Bristol Bay 48

Chief Ivan Blunka 59, Tanalian 56

Akiachak 64, Cordova 40

Unalakleet 97, Alakanuk 28

South 66, Barrow 50

Saturday

Juneau-Douglas 74, Bartlett 41

Galena 67, Glennallen 49

Bristol Bay 58, Manokotak 44

Chief Ivan Blunka 64, Tanalian 62

Birchwood Christian 61, Fort Yukon 54

East 84, Juneau-Douglas 70

Nome-Beltz 59, Lathrop 56

North Pole 90, Nunamiut 44

Redington 60, Akiachak 41

Colony 84, Bartlett 25

Soldotna 38, Mountain City Christian Academy 37

Unalakleet 73, Alakanuk 30

• • •

Cross-country skiing

Wednesday

West Skiathlon

Boys A

1. Service (Freedom Bennett/Jack Leveque), 17:10.7; 2. South (Kevin Downs/Vebjorn Flagstad), 17:11; 3. South (Braxton Thornley/Ethan Elliott), 17:30.

Girls A

1. South (Maya Tirpack/Alise Elliott), 19:39.3; 2. South (Elin Lunoe/Solvej Lunoe), 19:41.4; 3. Service (Talia Smith/Faith Harlamert), 20:04.1.

• • •

College

Hockey

Friday

UAA 1, UAF 0 (SO)

Saturday

UAA vs. UAF (Late)

• • •

Women’s basketball

Thursday

UAA 79, Simon Fraser 72

Western Washington 72, UAF 47

Saturday

Simon Fraser 109, UAF 46

Western Washington 81, UAA 65

• • •

Men’s basketball

Saturday

UAF 91, UAA 76

• • •

NAHL

Friday

Anchorage Wolverines 2, Fairbanks Ice Dogs 1 (SO)

Saturday

Anchorage Wolverines vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs (Late)