MONUMENT – On a night Lewis-Palmer wanted to remember, the Rangers made sure they did.

Honoring ex-teammate Shawn Adelgren who died in a car wreck over the summer, Lewis-Palmer scored twice in the first 2:18 of the second period, then added another 53 seconds into the third as the Rangers cruised to a 6-1 win over Cheyenne Mountain on Friday night at the Colorado Sports Center.

Before the game Lewis-Palmer honored Adelgren with a ceremony with his family.

Then the Rangers went out and jumped on the Indians. After killing off the first of 10 penalties, the Rangers scored 5:47 into the game on a wrist shot by Christian Perry.

And it was Perry who iced the game with the team’s fifth goal to open the third period. Already up 4-1, Nicholas Roscoe made a great tip pass to hit Perry in stride through center ice. The forward capitalized on the breakaway with less than a minute elapsed in the third.

“They (quick goals) are really important to get ahead of the team so their energy drops down,” said Perry, who also had an assist. “Once we got that quick goal in the second it boosted them up. It was very important to drop their momentum.”

The Rangers killed all but one power play, including a pair of two-man advantages late in the game. The only one they failed to kill was a five-minute major. They surrendered a goal to Cheyenne Mountain’s Austin Gasper, which cut the Rangers’ lead to 4-1.

Coach Hal Jordan was pleased with the PK efforts, but not at all happy with giving the Indians so many chances.

“Our penalty kills had to be really good today because I think we had 10 penalties,” Jordan said. “We gave them plenty of chances to get right back in the game. But our PK was really good and rocking, and our goaltending was solid down the line. … We need to be more disciplined if we want to get to the playoffs and have a successful run at it this year.”

At the same time, Indians coach Erik Austin naturally wanted more from his power-play units.

“We had some chances to score and we had some chances to be in the game,”Austin said. “We didn’t take advantage of those opportunities. Fairly disappointed in the fact we weren’t able to convert one or two.”

Already leading 2-0 after one period, L-P doubled its lead with goals from Roscoe and Joseph Duca 36 seconds apart.

Duca put back a rebound of a Nick Pavlik shot.

“It was a pretty big, important goal,” said Duca, who also scored the Rangers’ second goal.

Making sure they won the game was at the fore of the L-P players’ minds. Adelgren played for Lewis-Palmer in 2011-12 and 2012-13, L-P coaches said.

Duca didn’t know the former player, but he could see in his teammates how important a victory was.

“It was very emotional at the start of the game,” Duca said. “Before the game, everyone wanted to play for Shawn and his family, for them coming out. So that’s what we tried to do, play hard for them.”