1994 team will reunite on Feb. 8

Of course Brian Leetch knows how much the 1994 Stanley Cup-winning Rangers mean to fans of a certain age. He knows because he is told about it all the time.

The Hall of Fame defenseman, and Conn Smythe winner for that team, will reunite with the majority of his former mates for a 25th anniversary celebration culminating in a pregame extravaganza before a Garden match on Feb. 8 against the Hurricanes.

“It’s interesting because a lot of kids that were my age or younger, they’re parents now and they have young kids, so it’s still really fresh for them, and the excitement they passed on to their kids,” Leetch told The Post on Wednesday, the eve of the Rangers’ season opener at the Garden against the Predators. “But it’s interesting also, I was 26 at the time, so there were [fans] just out of college, starting their careers in New York, now they’re my age and they’ve lived through all that too and they’re in the area.

“So it’s still a big group of fans that are around my age that always talk to you about it, and it’s a big part of their life.”

Five years ago on the 20th anniversary — months after the Rangers made it to the Stanley Cup final — about three-quarters of the team got together during the summer, Leetch said. It remains the organization’s lone championship team since 1940, and its members once again will be celebrated for it.

First-year coach David Quinn stuck with the same combinations, setting up the forwards to line up like this on opening night: Chris KreiderMika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich, Jimmy Vesey-Kevin Hayes-Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Spooner-Filip Chytil-Jesper Fast, Vlad NamestnikovBrett Howden-Vinni Lettieri.

The defensive pairings: Brady Skjei-Adam McQuaid, Marc Staal-Neal Pionk, Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk. The healthy scratches likely will be foward Cody McLeod and defensemen Fredrik Claesson and Tony DeAngelo.