| Birth Date: | July 19, 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Maplewood, Minnesota, United States |
| Height Cm: | 173 |
| Position: | Forward (ice hockey) |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Team: | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| League: | PHF |
| Played For: | Metropolitan Riveters University of Maine |
| Career Start: | 2018 |
Audra Morrison (née Richards) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Premier Hockey Federation.
Over four years at the University of Maine, Richards set the team record for games played with 132, and put up 45 goals (the fifth most in team history), being selected to the Hockey East All-Academic Team four times.[1]
On July 9, 2018, Richards signed her first professional contract, with the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL.[2] In her rookie season, she put up 8 goals in 16 games. After just one year with the Riveters, however, she signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps.[3] [4] In her first season with the Whitecaps, she put up 20 points in 24 games, and was named to Team Packer for the All-Star Game.[5]
Richards has a degree in kinesiology, and has taught physical education in Minnesota.[6] She originally played soccer, before switching to hockey.[7]
Her parents designed the Minnesota Whitecaps' mascot Cappy, unveiled in January 2020.[8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| NWHL | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| NWHL | 24 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NWHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| NWHL totals | 44 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||